Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 23, 2005No. 2D05-3185Published

1Per curiam

Affirmed. See Alexander v. State, 830 So.2d 899 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002). As this court did in Alexander, we certify the same question of great public importance:

ARE ALLEGATIONS OF AFFIRMATIVE MISADVICE BY TRIAL COUNSEL ABOUT THE SENTENCE ENHANCING CONSEQUENCES OF A DEFENDANT’S PLEA FOR FUTURE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IN AN OTHERWISE FACIALLY SUFFICIENT MOTION COGNIZABLE AS *217AN INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL CLAIM?

Affirmed; question certified.

CASANUEVA, SALCINES, and SILBERMAN, JJ., Concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

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