06-0420 MELVIN B. THOMPSON, v. STATE OF FLORIDA

State: Florida

Court: Florida First District Court

Docket No: 06-0420

Case Date: 10/22/2008

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

MELVIN B. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________/

CASE NO. 1D06-0420

Opinion on remand filed October 22, 2008. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Kathleen F. Dekker, Judge. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Fred Parker Bingham II, Special Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM. In accordance with the supreme court=s holding in Thompson v. State, 33 Fla. L. Weekly S596 (Fla. Aug. 28, 2008), we reverse the circuit court=s denial of

Appellant=s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and remand with directions for a new sentencing proceeding.

REVERSED. HAWKES, THOMAS, and ROBERTS, JJ., CONCUR.

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