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Coulter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Mar 11, 2009
4 So. 3d 1255 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 3D08-1871.

March 11, 2009.

An Appeal conducted pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, William Thomas, Judge.

Adrian Coulter, in proper person.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, C.J., and COPE and SALTER, JJ.


Adrian Coulter ("defendant") appeals his convictions and sentences for burglary of an occupied dwelling and theft. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), the public defender moved to withdraw and filed a memorandum brief. Defendant filed a statement raising only issues pertaining to ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Claims of ineffective assistance of counsel should be raised in a postconviction motion in the trial court. Sireci v. State, 469 So.2d 119, 120 (Fla. 1985). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment below, without prejudice to defendant filing a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion in the trial court.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Coulter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Mar 11, 2009
4 So. 3d 1255 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)
Case details for

Coulter v. State

Case Details

Full title:Adrian COULTER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Mar 11, 2009

Citations

4 So. 3d 1255 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)