STATE v. BUSH

No. 5D01-2416.

838 So.2d 1179 (2003)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Maurice BUSH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Alfred Washington, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Noel A. Pelella, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


PALMER, J.

The State appeals the trial court's order granting Maurice Bush's motion for postconviction relief.1 Concluding that Bush failed to meet the burden of proving that his trial counsel was ineffective, we reverse the trial court's grant of a new trial.

Bush was charged with two counts of sexual battery. After a jury trial, he was convicted of committing the crimes of battery and sexual battery. Bush appealed his judgments...

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