SIMMONS v. STATE

No. NN-170.

375 So.2d 870 (1979)

Howard D. SIMMONS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard D. Simmons, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and A.S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Judge.

Simmons appeals from the trial court's denial, without comment, of his Rule 3.850 motion which alleged that Simmons was denied the effective assistance of counsel in that his counsel advised him to plead nolo contendere "so that he could be sent to Walnut House, a half-way house, and was advised that he would be given a light sentence or probation thereafter." The motion further alleged that, after 60 days in Walnut House, Simmons was...

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