TOWNSEND v. STATE

No. 4D15-2011.

201 So.3d 716 (2016)

Leslie TOWNSEND, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Townsend, Live Oak, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Leslie Townsend appeals an order summarily denying his rule 3.850 motion. Townsend's motion and amended motions raised several claims. We reverse and remand as to two grounds, and otherwise affirm.

One ground concerns Townsend's claim that counsel rendered ineffective assistance when he failed to secure a medical expert to refute...

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