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SPICER v. STATE

No. 5D08-3561.

22 So.3d 706 (2009)

Michael SPICER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 13, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Michael Spicer, Panama City, pro se.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison Leigh Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

LAWSON, J.

Michael Spicer appeals from his aggravated battery conviction and fifteen-year prison sentence entered following a jury's verdict of guilty on the charge. Finding ineffective assistance of counsel apparent on the face of the record, we reverse for a new trial. See, e.g., Bruno v. State, 807 So.2d 55, 63 n. 14 (Fla.2001) ("A claim of ineffectiveness can properly be raised on direct appeal only if the record on its...

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