CASO v. STATE

No. 2D02-3761.

848 So.2d 1228 (2003)

Rigoberto CASO a/k/a Alex Leal, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Howardene Garrett, Assistant Public Defender, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


STRINGER, Judge.

Rigoberto Caso seeks review of the trial court's order summarily denying a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Because the claim is legally sufficient, the trial court erred in denying it without conducting a hearing. Accordingly, we reverse.

After a jury trial, Caso was convicted of two counts of trafficking in cocaine based upon the...

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