Diggs v. State

In January 1982 appellant was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. He was sentenced to five years in prison with a three-year minimum mandatory on each count, with the sentences to run consecutively. Appellant’s direct appeal was per curiam affirmed by this court in March 1983. In June 1983 appellant filed a motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. He alleged ineffective assistance of counsel on the grounds that trial counsel stipulated with the prosecutor to not attack the credibility of one of the police officers who…