Arnold v. State

ON RETURN TO REMAND

PATTERSON, Presiding Judge.

We remanded this case to the trial court with instruction that it hold an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Melvin Arnold had been denied effective assistance of counsel. 562 So.2d 296. The hearing was held in accordance with our instructions and a return was filed by the trial court. The trial court found that Arnold was competent at the time he entered his guilty pleas; that his pleas were entered voluntarily and with complete knowledge of the consequences; that his counsel was not ineffective, but, on the contrary, performed in a…