186 So. 3d 629

Craig JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 5D15-3328.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 4, 2016.

Craig Johnson, Perry, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Craig Johnson (“Johnson”) was.convicted of possession of oxycodone, possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of cannabis, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Johnson appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Johnson raises several claims, and we affirm as to each, except part of his third claim. In claim three, Johnson alleges in part that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to erroneous jury instructions on constructive possession because thé trial court failed to instruct .the júry that “if a person does not have exclusive possession of' a controlled substance, knowledge of its presence may not be inferred -or assumed.” See Fla. St. Jury Instr. (Crim.) 25.2 (2012). As to that part of claim three, we reverse and remand this case for the trial court to attach portions of the record -that conclusively refute the claim or to hold an evidentiary hearing. As to the remainder of the allegations contained in claim three, we affirm.

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; REMANDED;

SAWAYA, TORPY and BERGER, JJ., concur.

Johnson v. State
186 So. 3d 629

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Johnson v. State
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