COUNCIL v. STATE

Case No. 5D23-0488.

381 So.3d 651 (2024)

Joshua M. COUNCIL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 1, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Edward McFarland , of Kent & McFarland, Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Virginia Harris , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Joshua Council was found guilty of attempted first-degree murder following the shooting of his girlfriend, Vickie Pittman. He was designated a prison releasee reoffender and sentenced to life in prison. Several years following his conviction, Council filed a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 postconviction motion raising nine grounds...

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