Case Name: Welch MONESTIME, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2011-10-05
Citations: 88 So. 3d 204
Docket Number: No. 3D10-800
Parties: Welch MONESTIME, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before RAMIREZ, ROTHENBERG, and LAGOA, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 88
Pages: 204–204

Head Matter:
Welch MONESTIME, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D10-800.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 5, 2011.
Welch Monestime, in proper person.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Michael W. Mervine, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before RAMIREZ, ROTHENBERG, and LAGOA, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Welch Monestime appeals the denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel. After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court based its ruling on a credibility determination in favor of trial counsel. This Court will not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court on issues of credibility as long as the trial court's findings are supported by competent substantial evidence. See Gore v. State, 846 So.2d 461, 468 (Fla.2003). Because the trial court's findings here were supported by trial counsel's testimony, we affirm.
Affirmed.