RAGIN v. STATE

No. 3D01-3225.

826 So.2d 452 (2002)

Tyrone RAGIN a/k/a Merrell Copeland, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone Ragin, In Proper Person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Kristine Keaton (Fort Lauderdale), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

After an evidentiary hearing at which the appellant testified, the trial court denied his motion for 3.850 relief based on alleged misadvice of counsel concerning the sentencing consequences of his nolo plea. Because the ruling was based upon the court's view of the credibility respectively of the defendant and the attorney, we affirm this determination.1

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