Hardesty v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Tracy Hardesty pleaded no contest to one felony and one misdemeanor charge, was placed on three years’ probation, and appealed. While his appeal was pending, this court relinquished jurisdiction to the circuit court so he could file a motion to withdraw his plea based on ineffective assistance of counsel. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.850. The circuit court denied Hardesty’s motion, and he filed an appeal of that ruling. We consolidated the two cases. The public defender filed an An-ders 1 brief, asserting there were no meritorious arguments to support reversal, but directing us to…