Case Name: Paul GOULD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-04-02
Citations: 137 So. 3d 524
Docket Number: No. 4D12-2886
Parties: Paul GOULD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WARNER, FORST and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 137
Pages: 524–524

Head Matter:
Paul GOULD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D12-2886.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 2, 2014.
Ashley N. Minton of Fender & Minton, P.A., Fort Pierce, for appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for lewd and lascivious molestation by an offender older than eighteen on a victim under the age of twelve. Defendant raises several issues on appeal, all of which we have carefully considered and affirm. We briefly write to address only the first issue, in which Defendant raises a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.
Generally, claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are not cognizable on direct appeal. See Bruno v. State, 807 So.2d 55, 63 (Fla.2001). An exception exists "only in the rare case where both prongs of Strickland — the error and the prejudice — are manifest in the record." Boyd v. State, 45 So.3d 557, 560 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010). This is not one of those exceptional cases, and the claims of ineffective assistance of counsel Defendant asserts are not apparent on the face of the record.
We affirm on this issue without prejudice for Defendant to raise any claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in post-conviction proceedings.
Affirmed.
WARNER, FORST and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.
. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).