LEE v. STATE

No. 2D00-106.

779 So.2d 607 (2001)

Anthony V. LEE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy A. Freeland, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


WHATLEY, Judge.

In this appeal of his convictions of resisting arrest with violence and battery, Anthony V. Lee contends that reversal is required because his trial counsel was ineffective and because the prosecutor allegedly made improper comments during closing arguments. We agree that Lee's trial counsel was ineffective with regard to his resisting arrest conviction and reverse that conviction only.

To establish a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel...

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