Kampff v. State

The trial court denied appellant’s motion for post conviction relief which alleged ineffective assistance of counsel in defendant’s first degree murder conviction. The court ruled that this issue had been previously raised on direct appeal to the Supreme Court, thus barring appellant from again presenting it by way of collateral attack. We reverse.

*402As a general rule, a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel cannot be raised for the first time on direct appeal. Williams v. State, 438 So.2d 781 (Fla.1983). The fact that appellant erroneously attempted to raise this claim on direct appeal to…