Wright v. State

ORFINGER, Chief Judge.

In an earlier decision in this case, we denied the State’s motion to dismiss the appeal, holding that the appellant could raise on appeal an issue of ineffective assistance of counsel because of an alleged conflict of interest arising out of joint representation of co-defendants. See Wright v. State, 423 So.2d 633 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982).

No objection to the joint representation of Wright and his co-defendant Page was ever raised in the trial court at any stage of the proceedings. The issue is raised for the first time on appeal. In Wright I, we agreed that there is no per se…