Supreme Court of Florida
Ey v. State of Florida, SC03-2161
When a defendant has committed two separate crimes and informs his attorney about both of them, the attorney's erroneous advice that his plea in one case could not be used to enhance his sentence in the other constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel. Also, such claims must be filed within the two-year deadline of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/28/2008
- Published 02/28/2008
Judges
- CANTERO, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Hunter W. Carroll of Carlton and Carroll, P.A., Bradenton, FL, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL; Robert J. Krauss, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, and Patricia A. McCarthy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Respondent.