Hayes v. State

Full title: JOHNNIE L. HAYES, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 23, 2002

805 So. 2d 118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

Opinion

No. 4D01-338

Opinion filed January 23, 2002.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Cynthia Angelos, Judge; L.T. Case No. 00-2831 CF.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Peggy Natale, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Johnnie Hayes asserts an ineffective assistance of counsel claim on direct appeal. We affirm his conviction, without prejudice to raise his claim through a motion for post-conviction relief, under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

AFFIRMED.

TAYLOR, HAZOURI and MAY, JJ., concur.