Case Name: Eugene HENRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-02-26
Citations: 198 So. 3d 762
Docket Number: No. 2D14-535
Parties: Eugene HENRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WALLACE and BADALAMENTI, JJ„ Coneur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 198
Pages: 762–762

Head Matter:
Eugene HENRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D14-535.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 26, 2016.
Eugene Henry, pro se.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Cornelius C. Demps, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appel-lee.

Opinion:
NORTHCUTT, Judge.
Eugene Henry appeals the partial denial of his motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, Because the postcónviction court did not give Henry an opportunity to amend his claito, we reverse that portion of the order denying ground one. A trial court abuses its discretion by failing to allow'the defendant at least one good faith amendment to an insufficient pleading. Spera v. State, 971 So.2d 754, 761-62 (Fla.2007).
We reverse and remand with instructions to dismiss' ground one of Henry's motion and permit him to file a legally sufficient amended claim as to ground one. We affirm all other denials raised on this appeal.
WALLACE and BADALAMENTI, JJ" Coneur.