Mitchell v. State

975 So.2d 1197 (2008)

Varian MITCHELL, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 5D07-2182.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 7, 2008.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee and Pamela J. Koller, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

SAWAYA, J.

Varian L. Mitchell appeals the trial court's summary denial of his rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief, which alleged ineffective assistance for defense counsel's failure to object to a…