Cousino v. State

Appellant Anthony Cousino appeals the summary denial of his motion for post-conviction relief in which he challenged his nolo contendere pleas to resisting with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer as involuntary and the product of ineffective assistance of counsel. He made this challenge only after he entered his nolo pleas, was sentenced to probationary terms, and subsequently violated that probation. We first find that he is entitled to make his post-conviction challenges. Thomas v. State, 745 So.2d 468 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).

Second, we find his claims of ineffective assistance…