Valdes v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date filed: 2010-02-05
Citations: 26 So. 3d 712, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 980, 2010 WL 395584
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26 So.3d 712 (2010)

Reinaldo VALDES, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D09-3076.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 5, 2010.

*713 WHATLEY, Judge.

Reinaldo Valdes appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, which raised two claims that he was improperly convicted of failure to appear. We affirm because both of these claims are cognizable only on direct appeal. However, it appears that Valdes has until March 25, 2010, to file another rule 3.850 motion. If his allegations are true, Valdes may have a viable claim that his counsel was ineffective for failing to advise him of an available defense. See Grosvenor v. State, 874 So.2d 1176, 1181 (Fla.2004). Such a claim would not be considered successive.

Affirmed.

VILLANTI and LaROSE, JJ., Concur.