Richardson v. State

Full title: DAVID S. RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Sep 4, 1998

716 So. 2d 859 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

Opinion

No. 97-2490

Opinion filed September 4, 1998 JULY TERM 1998

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Alice Blackwell White and Richard F. Conrad, Judges.

David Scott Richardson, Sanford, Pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kelli R. Orndorf, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

HARRIS, J.

Richardson, after pleading to various charges pursuant to a negotiated agreement with the State and after being sentenced in accordance with such plea, did not appeal but subsequently filed a 3.850 motion for relief because of ineffective assistance of counsel. He first argues that the court erred in not providing him counsel to represent him in this matter. There is nothing about this case that indicates the court abused its discretion in not appointing counsel in this post-trial matter. See Graham v. State, 372 So.2d 1363 (Fla. 1979).

The court conducted an evidentiary hearing in this cause, the result of which supports the trial court's denial of relief.

AFFIRMED.

SHARP, W., and GOSHORN, JJ., concur.