Opinion
No. 2D00-489.
Opinion filed April 20, 2001.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Charlotte County; Cynthia A. Ellis, Judge.
Affirmed.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and A. Victoria Wiggins, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
The appellant, Claude Noragon, challenges his judgment and sentence for grand theft. His only contention is that he was rendered ineffective assistance of trial counsel, which he argues is apparent from the face of the record. We cannot conclude, based on the record before us, that Noragon was rendered ineffective assistance. We, therefore, affirm the judgment and sentence without prejudice to the assertion of an ineffective assistance claim in an appropriate postconviction motion in the trial court.
GREEN and SALCINES, JJ., Concur.