Smalls v. State

Full title: MICHAEL SMALLS, Appellant, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 5, 1997

689 So. 2d 331 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

Case No. 97-12

Opinion filed February 5, 1997. Rehearing Denied March 3, 1997.

An Appeal under Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(g) from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Ellen Leesfield, Judge.

LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 89-26997

Michael Smalls, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON and SHEVIN, JJ., and BARKDULL, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Ragan v. State, 643 So.2d 1175 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)(ineffective trial counsel claims may not be raised piecemeal in successive motions absent grounds which were not and could not have been known when defendant filed initial motion).