Opinion
No. 2D12–3027.
2014-01-17
Lorninous ISOM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Manatee County; Janette Dunnigan, Judge. Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Terrence E. Kehoe, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy A. Freeland, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Manatee County; Janette Dunnigan, Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Terrence E. Kehoe, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy A. Freeland, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. CASANUEVA and KELLY, JJ., Concur.
LaROSE, J., Concurs with opinion.
LaROSE, Judge, Concurring.
This appeal involves the denial of Lorninous Isom's motion for postconviction relief. SeeFla. R.Crim. P. 3.850. The postconviction court properly denied relief and this court properly affirms the order on appeal. I write separately to address Mr. Isom's claim that the postconviction court erred in allowing the assistant state attorney who prosecuted him for the underlying first-degree murder charge to testify as the State's key witness and to act as the State's advocate at the rule 3.850 evidentiary hearing.
I find it clear, and the State seemingly concedes, that the prosecutor should not have served as witness and counsel at the hearing. SeeR. Regulating Fla. Bar 4–3.7(a). I do not condone this dual role. However, the record before us fails to demonstrate that Mr. Isom suffered any undue prejudice as a result.