Stites v. State

Peter Stites’s conviction of three counts of lewd and lascivious assault on his adult son’s fifteen-year-old girlfriend was affirmed on appeal. See Stites v. State, 743 So.2d 531 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). Stites then filed a motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective due to: 1) counsel’s failure to investigate, interview and present an alibi witness; 2) counsel’s failure to investigate, interview and present witnesses whose testimony would have attacked the credibility of the State’s witnesses and…