Diaz v. State

890 So.2d 556 (2005)

Oscar DIAZ, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 5D03-1816.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 14, 2005.

Roger Scott, Jr., Orlando, for Appellant.

Charlie J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and La Maya Henry, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

THOMPSON, J.

Oscar Diaz appeals his conviction for delivery of heroin. We reverse.

First, Diaz contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because of the peculiar procedure employed at trial. Diaz was charged in this case with delivery of a controlled substance…