WARD V. STATE

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida, July Term, A.D. 2012 Opinion filed December 26, 2012. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D12-2917 Lower Tribunal No. 08-46621B ________________ Walter H. Ward, Appellant, vs. The State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Thomas Rebull, Judge. William Earl Ploss, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Natalia Costea, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before CORTIÃ AS, FERNANDEZ and LOGUE, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984); see also Nelson v. State, 875 So. 2d 579, 583 (Fla. 2004) ( Under the circumstances of this case, a defendant would be required to allege what testimony defense counsel could have elicited from witnesses and how defense counsel s failure to call, interview, or present the witnesses who would have so testified prejudiced the case. ). 2

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