Joshua Douglas v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMarch 13, 2020
Docket2D19-1449
StatusPublished
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
JOSHUA DOUGLAS, )
a/k/a JOSHUA A. DOUGLAS, )
)
Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D19-1449
)
STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed March 13, 2020.
Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P.
9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for
Hillsborough County; Michelle Sisco,
Judge.
Joshua Douglas, pro se.
PER CURIAM.
Joshua Douglas timely appeals an order denying and dismissing his
motions for postconviction relief, which he filed under Florida Rule of Criminal
Procedure 3.850. We affirm but write to address one of his arguments on appeal.
Mr. Douglas argues that the postconviction court erred in denying each of
the claims in his June 5 and August 30, 2018, motions by repeating the identical
analysis for each claim in which the court quoted excerpts from his plea colloquy and
concluded that the record conclusively refuted the requisite prejudice for postconviction
relief. Mr. Douglas argues that the postconviction court should have separately
considered and addressed the allegations under each of his claims and that the record
attachments to the court's order do not conclusively refute each of his claims. Our
independent review of the record attachments to the postconviction court's order and of
the law reflect that each of Mr. Douglas's individual claims are conclusively refuted by
the record and/or are without legal merit.1 Accordingly, we affirm the postconviction
court's order dismissing and denying Mr. Douglas's motions for postconviction relief
without further discussion.
Affirmed.
NORTHCUTT, VILLANTI, and SLEET, JJ., Concur.
1Contrary to Mr. Douglas's assertion in his initial brief that the
postconviction court's order was unaccompanied by any attachments, the court
attached copies of the information; the plea form; the May 18, 2016, transcript of the
plea hearing; the June 15, 2016, transcript of the sentencing hearing; the judgment and
sentence; the order of probation; and each of Mr. Douglas's motions for postconviction
relief and the attachments thereto.
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