Colon v. State

The appellant, Luis Colon, appeals the summary denial of his motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 3.850 on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. Colon essentially maintains that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to: (1) properly object, at trial, to the testimony of his co-perpetrator; (2) move for a mistrial; (3) preserve the record for appeal on the corpus delicti issue; and (4) object to improper jury instructions and comments by the trial judge. Colon further asserts that but for the ineffective assistance of…