Bernat 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 PETER EDWIN BERNAT, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2D15-3032 Opinion filed October 5, 2016. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lee County; Thomas S. Reese, Judge. Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Julius J. Aulisio, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. We affirm Mr. Bernat's conviction and sentence without prejudice to his raising his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in a motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. SILBERMAN, KELLY, and SALARIO, JJ., Concur.

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