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Forte v. State

Citations

  • 189 So. 3d 1043
  • 2016 WL 1576773
  • 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 5947

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  • holding that the postconviction court erred by relying on a transcript from a codefendant's hearing to deny Mr. Forte's claims
  • holding that the postconviction court erred in relying upon the transcript from a co-defendant's evidentiary hearing, which was attached to the State's response, to summarily deny the defendant's rule 3.850 motion because it was outside the scope of the record
  • “The State argues that because the codefendant had not been sentenced when Forte proceeded to trial the codefendant could have invoked his Fifth Amendment right. However, nothing in the limited record before us supports the State's contention,”
  • “the State argues that because the codefendant had not been sentenced when Forte proceeded to trial the codefendant could have invoked his Fifth Amendment right. However, nothing in the 3 limited record before us supports the State’s contention.”

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Judges: Black, Khouzam, Salario

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