Cochran v. State

DAVIS, Judge.

Gary E. Cochran challenges the summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Cochran raised numerous claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in the motion. We affirm without comment the summary denial of all but one claim.1

Cochran was indicted for first-degree murder. The State sought the death penalty; however, Cochran entered a negotiated plea to the charge in exchange for a sentence of life imprisonment. In the first ground of his rule 3.850 motion, Cochran alleged that if his counsel had filed and adequately pursued a motion to…