Lucas v. State

Appellant, Clentis Lucas, pled nolo con-tendere to one count of solicitation to commit first degree murder of his wife and was sentenced to twenty years in prison followed by ten years probation. Appellant filed a motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.850 in the trial court, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel, and the trial court summarily denied the motion. Appellant contends that trial counsel failed to inform him of the existence of the defense of entrapment and that trial counsel improperly advised him as to what sentence he could expect. Because the…