Case Name: Bruce McCRAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-08-11
Citations: 935 So. 2d 1231
Docket Number: No. 5D05-1936
Parties: Bruce McCRAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PLEUS, C.J., ORFINGER and MONACO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 935
Pages: 1231–1231

Head Matter:
Bruce McCRAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D05-1936.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Aug. 11, 2006.
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Allison A. Havens, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Pamela J. Roller, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
After being convicted at trial of aggravated fleeing and eluding, Bruce McCray filed a facially sufficient rule 3.850 postcon-viction motion and an evidentiary hearing was held. Following that hearing, the trial court denied relief. We affirm.
Under the standard enunciated in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), to prevail on a claim that counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance, a defendant must demonstrate specific acts or omissions of counsel that are "so serious that counsel was not functioning as the single 'counsel' guaranteed defendant by the Sixth Amendment." Further, the defendant must demonstrate prejudice by showing "that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different." Id. at 694, 104 S.Ct. 2052. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.
Having carefully reviewed the record, we find the trial court applied the correct rule of law and that competent substantial evidence exists to support the conclusions reached by the court. Accordingly, we affirm the denial of Mr. McCray's motion for postconviction relief.
AFFIRMED.
PLEUS, C.J., ORFINGER and MONACO, JJ., concur.