STATE v. VERA

Nos. 3D99-1232, 3D98-1004.

769 So.2d 1059 (2000)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Migdalia VERA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Alison B. Cutler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Bradley Stark; Arthur Joel Berger, Miami, for appellee.

Before COPE, SHEVIN, and RAMIREZ, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Migdalia Vera was convicted of first degree murder and appealed. During the pendency of the appeal, she filed a motion for postconviction relief, claiming that her trial counsel had been ineffective. We relinquished jurisdiction for consideration of that motion. The trial court ruled in Vera's favor and ordered that there be a new trial. The State has appealed and both appeals have been consolidated.

The postconviction motion proceeded by stipulation...

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