Case Name: Terry L. REED, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-12-29
Citations: 611 So. 2d 48
Docket Number: No. 92-2461
Parties: Terry L. REED, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SHIVERS and ZEHMER, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 611
Pages: 48–50

Head Matter:
Terry L. REED, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-2461.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 29, 1992.
Terry L. Reed, pro se.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Terry L. Reed has appealed the summary denial of his motion for post-conviction relief, pursuant to Rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Reed was convicted by a jury of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and sentenced as an habitual violent felony offender. His conviction and sentence were affirmed in Reed v. State, 589 So.2d 297 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). Reed thereafter filed the instant motion alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel in: 1) failing to object or move for a mistrial when the state elicited a response indicating that Reed had previously been to prison, and 2) failing to present a defense of voluntary intoxication, despite pre-trial discovery indicating that Reed was intoxicated at the time of the offense. The trial court denied the motion without explanation or attachments.
The motion was correctly denied as to the first ground, in that it did not allege or show that there was a reasonable probability that the results of the proceedings would have been different but for the alleged substandard performance. See Bertolotti v. State, 534 So.2d 386, 387 (Fla. 1988). However, a defendant's allegation that his attorney failed to consider a voluntary intoxication defense although defendant informed him of a history of alcoholism, together with record evidence that the defendant was intoxicated at the time of committing a specific intent crime, is sufficient to require attachment of portions of the record refuting the allegation, or for an evidentiary hearing on the claim. McCoy v. State, 598 So.2d 169, 171 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992).
Although the motion presents a close case on this issue, Reed does allege that "pre-trial discovery indicated that several witnesses, including the arresting officer, stated that the defendant was highly intoxication [sic] at the time the alleged crime was committed." Reed goes on to allege that counsel did not pursue this evidence in order to formulate a defense of voluntary intoxication, nor did he elicit evidence of intoxication at trial. These allegations are sufficient to require attachment of portions of the record refuting the allegations, or for an evidentiary hearing. McCoy at 171. Therefore, we reverse the order of the trial court as to this allegation only, and remand for further proceedings.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded with directions.
SHIVERS and ZEHMER, JJ" concur.
JOANOS, C.J., concurring in part and dissenting in part with written opinion.