MacArthur v. State

Full title: THEODORE MacARTHUR, Appellant, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Aug 25, 1999

739 So. 2d 681 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 99-1297.

Opinion filed August 25, 1999.

An Appeal under Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(i) from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Barbara S. Levenson, Judge, L.T. No. 91-8587.

Theodore MacArthur, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Michael J. Neimand, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and GERSTEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Christopher v. State, 489 So.2d 22, 24 (Fla. 1986) ("It is well established that a court may refuse to address those issues contained in a motion for post-conviction relief that were raised on direct appeal or could have been raised on direct appeal"), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1077 (1988); Duncan v. State, 728 So.2d 1237 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); MacArthur v. State, 668 So.2d 692 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996); Anderson v. State, 467 So.2d 781 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985) (holding that trial counsel is not deemed ineffective because of strategic decisions made during trial).