Ward v. State

Full title: Walter H. WARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Date published: Dec 26, 2012

103 So. 3d 273 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

Opinion

No. 3D12–2917.

2012-12-26

Walter H. WARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami–Dade County, Thomas Rebull, Judge. William Earl Ploss, Miami, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Natalia Costea, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami–Dade County, Thomas Rebull, Judge.
William Earl Ploss, Miami, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Natalia Costea, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before CORTIÑAS, FERNANDEZ and LOGUE, JJ.

Affirmed. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984); see also Nelson v. State, 875 So.2d 579, 583 (Fla.2004) (“Under the circumstances of this case, a defendant would be required to allege what testimony defense counsel could have elicited from witnesses and how defense counsel's failure to call, interview, or present the witnesses who would have so testified prejudiced the case.”).