Case Name: Carlton Paul BACON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-11-19
Citations: 997 So. 2d 1139
Docket Number: No. 3D08-2586
Parties: Carlton Paul BACON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SUAREZ, CORTEÑAS, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 997
Pages: 1139–1139

Head Matter:
Carlton Paul BACON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D08-2586.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 19, 2008.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 5, 2009.
Carlton Paul Bacon, in proper person.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SUAREZ, CORTEÑAS, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

Opinion:
SUAREZ, J.
Carlton Paul Bacon appeals from a trial court order denying his petition for relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
The trial court failed to address, in its order denying relief, the issue raised by Bacon in his amended 3.850 petition regarding trial counsel's failure to object to the "and/or" clause in the instructions on conspiracy that were read to the jury. We remand this sole issue to the trial court with instructions to address the merits of Bacon's claim in light of Garzón v. State, 980 So.2d 1038 (Fla.2008), and, if the issue has no merit, to attach records that conclusively refutes the defendant's claims. We affirm the order on appeal in all other respects.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part.