Case Name: Russell C. BOWERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-07-23
Citations: 850 So. 2d 617
Docket Number: No. 2D02-4185
Parties: Russell C. BOWERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALTENBERND, C.J., and FULMER and WALLACE, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 850
Pages: 617–617

Head Matter:
Russell C. BOWERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D02-4185.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 23, 2003.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Richard T. McKendrick, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert J. Krauss, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, Tampa Criminal Appeals, Tampa, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), appeal, Mr. Bowers challenges his convictions for grand theft, a second-degree felony requiring a theft of more than $20,000, see § 812.014(1), (2)(b), Fla. Stat. (2000); and burglary of an unoccupied structure, a third-degree felony, see § 812.02(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (2000); and his consecutive sentences of fifteen and five years' imprisonment. After a thorough review of the record, we conclude that the only issue of arguable merit is whether Mr. Bowers' trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in a manner that can be conclusively determined from the face of the record. See, e.g., Forget v. State, 782 So.2d 410 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). Although we question trial counsel's decision to elicit testimony from Mr. Bowers regarding the details of his prior convictions, we conclude that any claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is more appropriately raised in a postconviction motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We therefore affirm the judgments and sentences without prejudice to Mr. Bowers' right to raise this issue in a properly filed motion for post-conviction relief, if appropriate.
ALTENBERND, C.J., and FULMER and WALLACE, JJ., Concur.