Gomez v. State

The defendant, Pablo Gomez, appeals from the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm.

At the evidentiary hearing, the defendant argued that he turned down the State’s plea offer as a result of trial counsel’s ineffective assistance. A review of the transcript of the evidentiary hearing shows that the defendant failed to satisfy the test for establishing a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 688, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984)(“In any case presenting an…