CAPIRO v. STATE

No. 4D11-331.

97 So.3d 298 (2012)

John H. CAPIRO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason T. Forman of Law Offices of Jason T. Forman, P.A., and Russell J. Williams of Law Offices of Russell J. Williams, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DAMOORGIAN, J.

John Capiro appeals his conviction and sentence for grand theft over $100,000, raising a number of issues. We find merit to his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and reverse only as to that issue.1

Capiro's conviction was the result of a business deal gone wrong. In 2006, Capiro started a commercial mortgage lending company. Two of Capiro's friends (the "victims") expressed an interest in Capiro's business...

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