Case Name: Manuel Jesus ALVAREZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1973-12-18
Citations: 287 So. 2d 121
Docket Number: No. 73-671
Parties: Manuel Jesus ALVAREZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ., and MARTIN, HENRY F., Jr., Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 287
Pages: 121–122

Head Matter:
Manuel Jesus ALVAREZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 73-671.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 18, 1973.
Bierman & Sonnett and Edward Shohat, Miami, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Joel D. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before HENDRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ., and MARTIN, HENRY F., Jr., Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a denial after evi-dentiary hearing of appellant's motion for relief under Rule 3.850 Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, 33 F.S.A.
Appellant was convicted of breaking and entering and grand larceny. The convictions and sentences were affirmed by this court on appeal. Alvarez v. State, Fla. App.1972, 261 So.2d 200.
Relief was sought in the trial court under Rule 3.850, supra. In this appeal it is argued that the defendant was denied a fair trial because his trial counsel, Mr. Gino P. Negretti, was also trial counsel for a co-defendant in the trial of the parties.; that there was a conflict of interest and by reason thereof counsel breached his duty to represent the defendant with unfettered loyalty in violation of the defendant's rights to the effective assistance of counsel under the Florida and United States Constitutions.
This contention is without merit because the defendant voluntarily engaged Mr. Ne-gretti as his counsel to represent him at trial. He was well aware that counsel was employed to represent both defendants at trial. Youngblood v. State, Fla.App.1968, 206 So.2d 665; Davis v. State, Fla.App.1968, 209 So.2d 701; Hernandez v. State, Fla.App.1968, 212 So.2d 69; Caplinger v. State, Fla.App.1973, 271 So.2d 780.
Affirmed.