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Smith v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 17, 2010
30 So. 3d 659 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

Opinion

No. 4D09-616.

March 17, 2010.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Larry Schack, Judge; L.T. Case No. 562008CF003516A.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The defendant appeals his conviction for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. He argues his defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in failing to request a jury instruction on "momentary possession." We affirm the conviction, but without prejudice to allow him to raise the issue in a motion under Florida Rule Appellate Procedure 3.850.

Affirmed.

GROSS, C.J., MAY and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Smith v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 17, 2010
30 So. 3d 659 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)
Case details for

Smith v. State

Case Details

Full title:Derrick Steven SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 17, 2010

Citations

30 So. 3d 659 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)