Belizaire v. State

Appellant, Frankel Belizaire, appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. He alleges two claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. As to his first claim, the trial court summarily denied relief on his allegation that counsel rendered ineffective assistance at the plea conference and the *893sentencing hearing. The trial court attached the portions of the record that refute his allegations as to this claim. Beli-zaire does not challenge this summary denial on appeal and consequently we do not address it here.

In his…