STATE v. WOODRUFF

No. 3D19-561.

346 So.3d 1238 (2022)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Michael Clayton WOODRUFF, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed July 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Michael W. Mervine , Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Brian H. Zack , Former Assistant Attorney General, for appellant/cross-appellee.

McLain Law, P.A., and Matthew R. McLain (Longwood), for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before EMAS, GORDO, and BOKOR, JJ.


The State challenges a grant of postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850(b) directing a new trial on one count of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under the age of twelve.1 Because the postconviction court erred in concluding that defense counsel's failure to object to...

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