McKeliver v. State

Full title: Tommie Lee McKELIVER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Date published: Apr 9, 2014

137 So. 3d 550 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

Opinion

No. 4D13–361.

2014-04-9

Tommie Lee McKELIVER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Robert R. Makemson, Judge; L.T. Case No. 562011CF002260A. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and James W. McIntire, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Matthew Steven Ocksrider, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Robert R. Makemson, Judge; L.T. Case No. 562011CF002260A.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and James W. McIntire, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Matthew Steven Ocksrider, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Capiro v. State, 97 So.3d 298, 300 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012) (observing that “[i]neffective assistance of counsel claims are usually reserved for postconviction relief, and can be addressed on direct appeal only ‘where the incompetence and ineffectiveness of counsel is apparent on the face of the record and prejudice to the defendant is obvious' ”). GROSS, GERBER and FORST, JJ., concur.