MCDADE v. STATE (2022)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Eric Laverne MCDADE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D21-831

Decided: April 13, 2022

Before EMAS, MILLER and BOKOR, JJ.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Susan S. Lerner, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Magaly Rodriguez, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Forbes v. State, 269 So. 3d 677, 679 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019) (“Following an evidentiary hearing, we review the denial of a motion for postconviction relief to determine whether competent, substantial evidence supports the postconviction court's findings of fact”) (citing Mosley v. State, 209 So. 3d 1248, 1262 (Fla. 2016)); Floyd v. State, 299 So. 3d 594, 596 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020) (“On review of an order denying a postconviction motion following an evidentiary hearing, we defer to the postconviction court's credibility determinations and findings of fact that are supported by competent substantial evidence.”)

PER CURIAM.

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