SMITH v. STATE

No. 4D03-703.

853 So.2d 1101 (2003)

Leonard Jerome SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Jerome Smith, Lake City, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Linda Harrison, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Leonard Jerome Smith, appeals the trial court order summarily denying his motion for post-conviction relief alleging eight claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm as to claims one through seven, but reverse and remand as to ground eight.

Appellant argues that counsel was ineffective in advising him not to testify at trial. The trial court's attachment of portions of the record identified in the state's response did...

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