DERISMA v. STATE

No. 4D08-1982.

14 So.3d 262 (2009)

Rooney S. DERISMA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and James W. Mclntire, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Laura Fisher Zibura, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GERBER, J.

In this direct appeal from a conviction, the appellant alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective. We affirm, finding that the appellant has not shown any basis to raise ineffectiveness of counsel on direct appeal.

The State charged the appellant with cocaine possession and cannabis possession. The State also alleged that those offenses violated the appellant's probation on an earlier case. At the final...

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