MARTIN v. STATE

No. 78-138.

363 So.2d 403 (1978)

Rayford MARTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Jordan of Bailey & Jordan, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John D. Cecilian, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

This case comes to us from a denial of the appellant's motion to vacate filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse because we find the appellant was denied effective assistance of counsel.

The public defender was appointed to represent the accused shortly after his arrest on December 24, 1974. On the 4th or 5th of January, 1975 an investigator from the public defender's office visited the defendant in jail and in...

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