Smith v. State

Defendant Smith appeals the summary denial of his motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The post-conviction relief motion alleged ineffectiveness of trial counsel based on trial counsel’s: (1) failure to file a written motion to strike the jury venire due to racial imbalance; (2) failure to conduct an independent investigation into Okeechobee jury selection practice to support a motion to challenge the jury ve-nire; (3) failure to furnish defendant’s only witness, Anthony Brown, to the state prosecutor, to testify on defendant’s behalf…