Mott v. State

This is an appeal from denial of a 3.850 motion after a full evidentiary hearing which consumed approximately 5 days. In an order denying the post-conviction relief, among other things, the trial court found:

[[Image here]](4) That the defendant was not denied effective assistance of counsel, according to the guidelines set out in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).(5) The evidence presented by the defendant failed to establish that the acts or omission of his counsel caused prejudice to him or that the acts were substantial and of such serious…