Case Name: Sam LOPEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-12-26
Citations: 684 So. 2d 342
Docket Number: No. 95-2118
Parties: Sam LOPEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, GREEN, and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 684
Pages: 342–342

Head Matter:
Sam LOPEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-2118.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 26, 1996.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Doquyen T. Nguyen, Assistant Attorney Genferal, for appellee.
Before NESBITT, GREEN, and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We find that the court's failure to conduct a hearing pursuant to Nelson v. State, 274 So.2d 256 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973) was not error where appellant never challenged the competence of his trial counsel. Smith v. State, 641 So.2d 1319, 1321 (Fla.1994), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 115 S.Ct. 1129, 130 L.Ed.2d 1091 (1995); Bodiford v. State, 665 So.2d 315, 316 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995); Kearse v. State, 605 So.2d 534, 536 & n. 3 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), rev. denied, 613 So.2d 5 (Fla.1993). We further find no merit to the remaining issue on appeal.
Affirmed.