Black v. State

Appellant, Justin Black, was convicted in 2007 of selling cocaine after being caught on video taking part in a transaction with a confidential police informant. He filed a timely postconviction motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 asserting ineffective assistance of counsel on four grounds: (1) stipulating to and failing to object to the admittance of an FDLE laboratory report; (2) failing to inform Appellant of the existence of an entrapment defense; (3) failing to move to dismiss based on violation of due process; and (4) failing to investigate and present an entrapment…