Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-27 15:35:15.443627+00
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
                      FIFTH DISTRICT

                                   NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
                                   FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
                                   DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

JOSHUA GLOSTON,

            Appellant,

v.                                      Case No. 5D23-391
                                        LT Case No. 16-2015-CF-00618-A

STATE OF FLORIDA,

            Appellee.

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Opinion filed March 31, 2023

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court
for Duval County,
Kevin A. Blazs, Judge.

Joshua Gloston, Bonifay, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Heather Flanagan
Ross, Assistant Attorney General,
Tallahassee, for Appellee.

EDWARDS, J.
      Appellant, Joshua Gloston, appeals the order summarily denying his

Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion. We affirm the order as to

all claims, except Appellant’s Claim 6. That claim asserts that defense

counsel failed to investigate the existence of a potential alibi witness who

Appellant claimed he disclosed to counsel. Appellant claims that this witness

would have placed him with that witness on a bus, rather than at the hotel

where and at the time the crime was committed. The documents attached

to the order of summary denial certainly are relevant to Claim 6 and suggest

that the testimony of the alibi witness may not refute Appellant’s presence at

the crime scene, given that Appellant’s DNA was found there. However, the

attached documents do not conclusively refute Claim 6. See Smith v. State,

150 So. 3d 1207 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014).

      Accordingly, we reverse and remand as to Claim 6 for the court to

either attach documents conclusively refuting Claim 6 or to conduct an

evidentiary hearing with regard to that claim. We affirm the balance of the

order in its entirety.

      REVERSED AND REMANDED, with instructions.

HARRIS and MACIVER, JJ., concur.

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