Case Name: Al Legett BURGESS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-01-31
Citations: 776 So. 2d 1035
Docket Number: No. 4D99-2505
Parties: Al Legett BURGESS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GUNTHER, POLEN, JJ., and DONNER, STEELE, Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 776
Pages: 1035–1036

Head Matter:
Al Legett BURGESS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D99-2505.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 31, 2001.
Al Legett Burgess, Milton, pro se, Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and David J. McPherrin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
ON MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION
PER CURIAM.
On appellant's motion for clarification, we address our reasoning for affirming the point on appeal regarding appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim. Generally, such claims are not reviewable on direct appeal, but are more properly raised in a motion for postconviction relief. See McKinney v. State, 579 So.2d 80, 82 (Fla.1991). However, an exception to this rule exists where the deficient performance of counsel and the prejudice to the defendant are apparent on the face of the record. Blanco v. Wainwright, 507 So.2d 1377, 1384 (Fla.1987). Here, Burgess argues that his attorney should have moved to suppress the victim's identification of him at a live post-information, pre-trial lineup because he did not have counsel present. Our review of the record, however, does not clearly show that Burgess was unrepresented by counsel at the lineup. Because the validity of Burgess' claim is not apparent from the face of the record, we do not address it.
GUNTHER, POLEN, JJ., and DONNER, STEELE, Associate Judge, concur.
. A post-information lineup without counsel is unconstitutional. United States v. Wade, 388 U.S. 218, 236-37, 87 S.Ct. 1926, 18 L.Ed.2d 1149 (1967).