PER CURIAM.
Appellant Brandon Burks argues in this appeal that defense counsel's failure to object and move for a mistrial when the prosecutor asked the arresting officer whether the defendant made any statements when he had not, constituted ineffective assistance of counsel cognizable on direct appeal. For a claim to be cognizable on direct appeal, the ineffectiveness must be apparent on the face of the record, such that "it would be a waste of judicial resources...
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