Newland v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

In 2002, a jury convicted William New-land of two crimes involving sexual acts. This court affirmed Newland’s conviction, per curiam. Newland v. State, 875 So.2d 615 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004). Newland then filed a motion for postconviction relief in which he claimed that his trial counsel was ineffective on eight different bases. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.850. In this appeal, he challenges the postconviction court’s denial of his motion on all grounds, some of which it rejected summarily, some after an evi-dentiary hearing. We affirm the court’s decision with one exception.

Ground VIII…