Case Name: Emmanuel Joel BREADON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-07-22
Citations: 207 So.3d 253
Docket Number: No. 5D16-931
Parties: Emmanuel Joel BREADON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: TORPY, EVANDER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 207
Pages: 253–253

Head Matter:
Emmanuel Joel BREADON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D16-931.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 22, 2016.
Patrick Michael Megaro, of Appeals Law Group, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.
No Appearance for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Emmanuel Breadon appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief. We affirm, except as to the claim that trial counsel was ineffective by failing to explore and/or raise an insanity defense. The trial court correctly found that Breadon had failed to allege that he was, in fact, insane at the time of the offense. See Luckey v. State, 979 So.2d 353, 354 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). However, rather than summarily denying the claim because of its facial insufficiency, the trial court should have afforded Breadon the opportunity to amend. Id. at 355; see also Spera v. State, 971 So.2d 754 (Fla.2007).
AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; and REMANDED.
TORPY, EVANDER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.