OWENS v. STATE

No. 1D20-1467.

323 So.3d 857 (2021)

Charles OWENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 31, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Robert Prince of the Law Office of Nathan Prince, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Robert "Charlie" Lee, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Charles Owens appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for postconviction relief. At issue is his trial counsel's choice not to pursue a competency evaluation and not to present mental health mitigation evidence at Owens's sentencing. Owens argues these acts or omissions by his trial counsel "were outside the wide range of professionally...

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