Legal Opinion

James v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 22, 1999No. 97-02727PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

In this Anders1 appeal, we affirm the trial court’s order denying the appellant’s Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion, both summarily and after an evi-dentiary hearing. The appellant, in his pro se brief filed in addition to the brief submitted by his assistant public defender, raises a claim that we cannot address because it was not first presented to the trial court, i.e., that his post-conviction counsel was ineffective in the proceedings on review. This affirmance is, therefore, without prejudice to the appellant filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Steele v. KehoeSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  3. Lambrix v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  4. Lambrix v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  5. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Robbins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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