SUAREZ v. STATE

No. 86-1481.

502 So.2d 526 (1987)

Jose Fernando SUAREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Ordonez, Friend & Fleck and Geoffrey C. Fleck and Dean Michael Gettis, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The final order under review denying the defendant Jose Fernando Suarez' motion to vacate his judgments of conviction and sentences under Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850 is affirmed. We reach this result because the trial court, on this record, was privileged to find that: (a) the defendant freely and voluntarily decided not to testify at his trial upon professionally sound advice of counsel, and (b) counsel in no way coerced the defendant into accepting the advice...

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