COLEMAN v. STATE

No. 5D01-2166.

809 So.2d 63 (2002)

Jerry C. COLEMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary G. Graham, Inverness, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Belle B. Schumann, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


THOMPSON, C.J.

Appellant, Jerry Coleman, appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief. We affirm the trial court's order on all but two grounds.

Appellant was convicted of one count of lewd and lascivious assault on his niece. He alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to present testimony that prior to the alleged incident, the victim's mother, who testified that she had witnessed the alleged assault, had threatened...

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