Case Name: Elmo GOLDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2009-08-12
Citations: 14 So. 3d 299
Docket Number: No. 4D09-563
Parties: Elmo GOLDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STEVENSON, MAY, and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 14
Pages: 299–300

Head Matter:
Elmo GOLDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D09-563.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 12, 2009.
Elmo Golden, Okeechobee, pro se.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant Elmo Golden appeals a circuit court order summarily denying his motion for postconviction relief raising multiple claims of error and ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm the order summarily denying all of the claims except for Golden's claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure to move to suppress his statements made to police. On that claim, we find that the trial court's summary denial should have been without prejudice to Golden's right to file an amended motion. Spera v. State, 971 So.2d 754 (Fla.2007).
We reverse the summary denial of that one claim of ineffective assistance and remand for the circuit court to grant appellant leave to amend his motion to plead a legally sufficient claim on that ground. On the other grounds, the circuit court order is affirmed.
Affimed in Part, Reversed and Remanded in Part for Further Proceedings.
STEVENSON, MAY, and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.