JONES v. STATE

No. 4D01-641.

815 So.2d 772 (2002)

Frederick JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Allen J. DeWeese, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Monique E. L'Italien, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, C.J.

On this direct appeal Frederick Jones raises a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for the first time. Where an appellant raises ineffective assistance of counsel for the first time on direct appeal, as Jones has here, this court's ability to review such claim is quite limited. Specifically, ineffective assistance of counsel will only be addressed on direct appeal for the first time when the facts giving rise to the claim are apparent on the face...

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