Marshall v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

Nothing in appellant’s motion for rehearing has shaken our confidence in the correctness of our affirmance of the trial judge’s decision denying rule 3.850 relief. We take the moment necessary, however, to' emphasize the basis for our conclusion.

Appellant has cast his ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim as a denial of due process, arguing that the limitation on cross-examination of a key state’s witness denied him a fair trial. To the extent that his claim really involves an unarticulated contention that his trial counsel was deficient in not advancing as a…