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THORNTON v. STATE

No. 76-2337.

354 So.2d 892 (1978)

Jimmie Lee THORNTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Kurt Marmar, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Arthur Joel Berger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HAVERFIELD, C.J., and NATHAN and KEHOE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Jimmie Lee Thornton, appeals the summary denial of his motion to vacate judgment and sentence on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel in that (1) his appointed counsel allegedly told him that in exchange for his plea of guilty, the maximum sentence he would receive would be 10 years when, in fact, he received a sentence of 13 years, and (2) his counsel failed to adequately investigate the...

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