Bennett 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 JARMEEL EARL BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2D13-5360 Opinion filed December 31, 2014. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Charlotte County; Amy R. Hawthorne, Judge. Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Marie-Louise Samuels Parmer, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna S. Koch, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. DAVIS, Chief Judge. Jarmeel Bennett challenges his convictions and sentences for burglary with a firearm while concealing his identity with a hood or mask and attempted robbery with a firearm while concealing his identity with a hood or mask. We affirm without prejudice to Bennett's raising his claims of ineffectiveness of trial counsel as set forth in the instant appeal in a timely motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. See Derisma v. State, 14 So. 3d 262, 263 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009). Affirmed. WALLACE and CRENSHAW, JJ., Concur. -2-

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