Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-09-14 16:06:13.300353+00
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                         No. 1D17-2253
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RENALDO LEON WINTERS,

    Appellant,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County.
Mark Borello, Judge.

                       September 14, 2018

PER CURIAM.

    Renaldo Leon Winters challenges the denial of his motion for
postconviction relief. We affirm.

     The trial court summarily denied the first seven grounds of
his motion but granted an evidentiary hearing on the eighth and
final ground. We affirm the summary denial of the initial seven
grounds because Winters did not specify facts, unrebutted by the
record, demonstrating entitlement to relief. See Rose v. State,
617 So. 2d 291, 296 (Fla. 1993); see also Cortes v. State, 85 So. 3d
1135, 1139 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). We note that in concluding
Winters did not establish a basis for relief, this court consulted
our own records, as we are permitted to do. See Loren v. State,
601 So. 2d 271 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992).
     As for the remaining ground, which alleged trial counsel was
deficient in failing to advise Winters of the possibility of
sentencing as a Prison Releasee Reoffender, we find no basis to
overturn the trial court’s findings of fact and credibility
determinations following an evidentiary hearing.

    Accordingly, the order denying postconviction relief is
AFFIRMED.

WETHERELL, BILBREY, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and Victor Holder, Assistant
Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Amanda D. Stokes,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

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