Harris v. State

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT WILLIE LEE HARRIS, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellee. ) ) ________________________________ ) Case No. 2D05-3961 Opinion filed October 28, 2005. Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Robert A. Foster, Jr., Judge. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Bolender v. State, 658 So. 2d 82 (Fla. 1995); Alexander v. State, 830 So. 2d 899 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002); Brown v. State, 827 So. 2d 1054 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002). As this court did in Alexander, we certify the same question of great public importance: ARE ALLEGATIONS OF AFFIRMATIVE MISADVICE BY TRIAL COUNSEL ABOUT THE SENTENCE ENHANCING CONSEQUENCES OF A DEFENDANT'S PLEA FOR FUTURE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IN AN OTHERWISE FACIALLY SUFFICIENT MOTION COGNIZABLE AS AN INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL CLAIM? Affirmed; question certified. WHATLEY, STRINGER, and KELLY, JJ., Concur. -2-

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