State v. Hope

We have for review Hope v. State, 908 So.2d 507 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified conflict among the district courts on the issue of whether affirmative misadvice by trial counsel on the sentence-enhancing consequences of a plea is a cognizable ineffective assistance of counsel claim. In so doing, the Fourth District Court in Hope cited Dickey v. State, 30 Fla. L. Weekly D443 (Fla. 1st DCA Feb.15, 2005), quashed, 928 So.2d 1193 (Fla.2006), which at the time was pending review in this Court. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3)-(4), Fla. Const.;…