Case Name: Harold Lee HENRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-08-02
Citations: 453 So. 2d 1387
Docket Number: No. AY-187
Parties: Harold Lee HENRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SMITH and JOANOS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 453
Pages: 1387–1388

Head Matter:
Harold Lee HENRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. AY-187.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 2, 1984.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 7, 1984.
Harold Lee Henry, pro se.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
ZEHMER, Judge.
Harold Lee Henry appeals the trial court's order denying his motion filed pursuant to rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. After Henry's appeal from final judgment was affirmed on appeal, he filed the motion for postconviction relief on four grounds. The trial court correctly denied the motion on the first three grounds. Only the ground based on ineffective assistance of counsel at trial requires further consideration in the trial court.
The trial court order denied the appellant's motion because each ground was "clearly encompassed in the record and available to defendant on his appeal." In so ruling, the trial court apparently overlooked the well-established proposition that ineffective assistance of counsel in the trial court is ordinarily not reviewable on direct appeal but is more properly asserted in a rule 3.850 motion. Perri v. State, 441 So.2d 606, 607 (Fla.1983); State v. Barber, 301 So.2d 7, 9 (Fla.1974).
We reverse and remand for the trial court to either attach those portions of the record which conclusively show that Henry is not entitled to relief on this ground or hold an evidentiary hearing on the motion, if necessary.
AFFIRMED IN PART and REVERSED IN PART.
SMITH and JOANOS, JJ., concur.