Legal Opinion
Lester v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 15, 2009No. 4D07-4094Published
1Opinion of the Court
15 So.3d 728 (2009)
Lewis Clarence LESTER, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D07-4094.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 15, 2009.
Phillip Massa and Marrett W. Hanna, Office of Criminal Conflict and Regional Civil Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
WARNER, J.
The issue we address in this case is whether a defendant who was convicted after trial has a remedy in postconviction relief where his counsel misadvised him of his potential…
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. Gerald GordonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- In Re AlvernazCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
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