STEPHENS v. STATE

No. 92639.

748 So.2d 1028 (1999)

James E. STEPHENS, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Gemmer, St. Petersburg, Florida, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Patricia A. McCarthy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Respondent.


PARIENTE, J.

We have for review State v. Stephens, 707 So.2d 758 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998), based on direct and express conflict with Grossman v. Dugger, 708 So.2d 249 (Fla.1997), as to the standard of appellate review for ineffective assistance of counsel claims. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

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