Opinion
No. 97-3555
Opinion filed December 11, 1998. JULY TERM 1998
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Warren Burk and Edward J. Richardson, Judges.
Daniel S. Ciener and David J. Romett and Andy M. Fouche' of Law Firm of Daniel S. Ciener, Merritt Island, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kelli R. Orndorff and Ann M. Phillips, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
James Paul Bryant appeals from the denial, after an evidentiary hearing, of his rule 3.850 motion alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Because the error asserted would have required trial counsel to take a position in direct conflict with then controlling case law in this district and would also have required the trial attorney to move for discharge pursuant to Florida's "speedy trial" rule while knowing that he was unprepared for trial, we agree with the trial judge that Bryant's attorney was not ineffective and affirm.
State v. Williams, 597 So.2d 960 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992),quashed, 622 So.2d 477 (Fla. 1993).
AFFIRMED.
DAUKSCH, GOSHORN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.