SMITH v. STATE

No. 85-1611.

481 So.2d 988 (1986)

James Gordon SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Gordon Smith, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ellen Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order summarily denying a motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The motion was based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel resulting from inadequate pretrial investigation. Appellant alleged that his attorney consulted with him only three times for a total of fifteen minutes before trial. Appellant further alleged...

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