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ROSHAN RAMKHALAWAN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT January Term 2011 ROSHAN RAMKHALAWAN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D09-4765 [January 26, 2011] PER CURIAM. Appellant appeals a circuit court order summarily denying his motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 for lack of a valid oath. This was error because the unnotarized oath did comport with the requirements of rule 3.850 and the model form of rule 3.987, Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure. The trial court did not consider appellant?s five claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel on their merit. We find that ground four, ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure to object to and preserve for appeal the issue of the trial court?s interruption of defense counsel?s closing arguments on reasonable doubt, to be largely repetitive of one of the claims he raised and which was rejected on direct appeal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Opinions on January 26, 2011 (boomark / email).