DESSIN v. STATE

No. 2D03-186.

868 So.2d 613 (2004)

Smith DESSIN a/k/a Dessin Smith, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


VILLANTI, Judge.

Smith Dessin appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, contending that he was entitled to an evidentiary hearing on two of his claims for relief. We affirm as to one claim and reverse as to the other.

Dessin first contends that he was entitled to an evidentiary hearing on his claim that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object at trial...

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