Case Name: Armando S. VARELA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-10-07
Citations: 513 So. 2d 763
Docket Number: No. 86-2654
Parties: Armando S. VARELA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SCHEB, A.C.J., and CAMPBELL and LEHAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 513
Pages: 763–763

Head Matter:
Armando S. VARELA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 86-2654.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 7, 1987.
Lee Weissenborn of Law Offices of Lee Weissenborn, Miami, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant, Armando S. Varela, challenges his conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine of 400 grams or more. We find no merit to defendant's first two points. In his third point, defendant contends that he was denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. Generally, such claims are not reviewable on direct appeal but are more properly raised on a motion for post-conviction relief. State v. Barber, 301 So.2d 7 (Fla.1974).
Accordingly, we affirm defendant's conviction and sentence without prejudice to defendant seeking relief on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. Fla.R. Crim.P. 3.850.
SCHEB, A.C.J., and CAMPBELL and LEHAN, JJ., concur.