SIMPSON v. STATE

No. 85-424.

479 So.2d 314 (1985)

Prentiss SIMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prentiss Simpson, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Paula C. Coffman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


SHARP, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order summarily denying Simpson's motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Appellant claims he was denied effective assistance of counsel at both the trial and appellate levels because the trial court failed to instruct on all lesser included offenses, defense counsel failed to object to the state being permitted the first and last (closing) argument when defendant did not testify...

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