Case Name: Thomas BUDAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-08-29
Citations: 963 So. 2d 925
Docket Number: No. 3D07-1778
Parties: Thomas BUDAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, RAMIREZ, and SALTER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 963
Pages: 925–926

Head Matter:
Thomas BUDAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D07-1778.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 29, 2007.
Thomas Budas, in proper person.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before COPE, RAMIREZ, and SALTER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal of an order summarily denying a motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
On appeal from a summary denial, this court must reverse unless the postconviction record, see Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(b)(2)(A), shows conclusively that the appellant is entitled to no relief. See Fla. R. Supp. P. 9.141(b)(2)(D).
We agree with the trial court on the denial of claims one, five, six, seven, and eight.
The defendant contends in substance that his trial counsel was ineffective by failing to adequately challenge the ownership of certain drugs recovered in the car occupied by the defendant and codefen-dant, and in the home of the codefendant. The codefendant testified that the drugs belonged to the defendant. The defendant has outlined steps he maintains that his counsel could and should have taken to demonstrate that the drugs actually belong to the codefendant. The defendant contends that had this been done, it would have resulted in a lower level of felony conviction and lower sentence in the defendant's case.
The only issue before us at this time is whether the postconviction record now before us conclusively refutes the defendant's claim, and it does not. We therefore reverse the order now before us with regard to claims two, three, and four, and remand for an evidentiary hearing or other appropriate relief. If the trial court again enters an order summarily denying the post-conviction motion, the court shall attach record excerpts conclusively showing that the appellant is not entitled to any relief.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.