KIDD v. STATE

No. 4D06-4871.

978 So.2d 868 (2008)

Mickey KIDD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tom Wm. Odom, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


SHAHOOD, C.J.

Appellant, Mickey T. Kidd, was found guilty by a jury of one count of first-degree murder with a firearm and one count of attempted robbery with a firearm. The sole issue he raises on appeal is his claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.

"The general rule is that the adequacy of a lawyer's representation may not be raised for the first time on a direct appeal. The rationale for the rule is that that issue has not been raised...

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