3.850 appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County.Randall H. Rowe, III, Judge.
Todd Eric Dugan, Lake City, pro se.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen R.Putnam, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for Appellee.
December 20, 2024
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Todd Eric Dugan, appeals the summary denial ofhis Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 postconvictionmotion. In Ground One, Appellant included four separate claimsof ineffective assistance of counsel which allegedly prejudiced him,as his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to fifteen years
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2in prison.1 We acknowledge that Appellant’s motion was hardlythe model of clarity or organization. We affirm as to the denial ofthe substance of claims 2 and 3 without further discussion.However, because the postconviction court failed to address theallegations set forth in claims 1 and 4, we reverse and remand forthe postconviction court to consider those two claims and to issuean appropriate order. SeePadro-Guerrerov. State, 123 So. 3d 670,671 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013).On remand, the postconviction court must either conduct anevidentiary hearing on those two claims or attach the records thatconclusively refute the claims. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850(f).AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; REMANDED, withinstructions.EDWARDS, C.J., and EISNAUGLE and SOUD, JJ., concur._____________________________Not final until disposition of any timely andauthorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or9.331._____________________________1 Appellant’s direct appeal to this Court of his underlyingconviction for home invasion with a firearm, and two counts offalse imprisonment was per curiam affirmed without opinion.Dugan v. State, 861 So. 2d 1169 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003). His directappeal to this Court from the subsequent violation of probationjudgment and sentence was per curiam affirmed without opinion.Dugan v. State, 376 So. 3d 718 (Fla. 5th DCA 2023).
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