STATE v. FINLEY (2020)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Christopher C. FINLEY, Appellee.

Case No. 5D19-2586

Decided: October 09, 2020

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kaylee D. Tatman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Danielle Rufai, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court determined that Appellee's trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel and granted Appellee's Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion. We reverse the trial court's order as to grounds two, three, four, and six because the order does not reflect that a prejudice analysis was conducted as to those grounds. However, we affirm the trial court's decision to grant a new trial based on its determination that Appellee was entitled to relief on ground five.

AFFIRMED, IN PART; REVERSED, IN PART; AND REMANDED.

PER CURIAM.

EVANDER, C.J., LAMBERT and COHEN, JJ., concur.

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