LAMB v. STATE

No. 2D11-6111.

124 So.3d 953 (2013)

Jovan LAMB, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dane K. Chase of Bower Rodriguez, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sara Elizabeth Macks , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Jovan Lamb appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief, which challenged his convictions for armed false imprisonment, burglary of a conveyance, grand theft auto, and fleeing at high speed. Lamb argues, and we agree, that he was prejudiced by his trial counsel's ineffective assistance in failing to file a motion for new trial. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Lamb's charges arose from an armed robbery of...

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