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393 So. 2d 1197

Docket No. 80-1478.

Valero v. State

Margarita Colon VALERO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 17, 1981.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1981-02-17

Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently December 1994

22 state decisions

Relies on 351 So. 2d 972 - McArthur v. State · 301 So. 2d 7 - State v. Barber · 342 So. 2d 469 - Banks v. State

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Decided 1981-02-17

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¶1Gino P. Negretti, Miami, for appellant.

¶2Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and James H. Greason, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

¶3Before NESBITT, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5The appellant's request for oral argument, made not in accordance with Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.320, is denied. Cf. Quince v. State,91 So.2d 632 (Fla. 1957); Haines v. State,113 So.2d 601 (Fla. 2d DCA 1959) (denying requests for oral argument not made in a separate document, but incorporated in the brief, under former Florida Supreme Court Rule 40 and Florida Appellate Rule 3.10(a), respectively). After independently examining the briefs and record herein, we have determined that oral argument would serve no useful purpose, see, e.g., Williams v. State,177 So.2d 736 (Fla. 1st DCA 1965), and, in the exercise of our discretion, decline to require it. See Fla.R.App.P. 9.320.

¶6The judgments of convictions are affirmed. The evidence is more than sufficient to support the convictions. The constitutionality of Section 775.082, Florida Statutes (1979), in the face of the exact contention made by Valero here, namely, that it imposes cruel and unusual punishment, is well settled. McArthur v. State,351 So.2d 972 (Fla. 1977); Banks v. State,342 So.2d 469 (Fla. 1976); O'Donnell v. State,326 So.2d 4 (Fla. 1975). Valero's claim that her trial counsel was ineffective cannot properly be raised for the first time on direct appeal and is a matter to be presented to the trial court under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. State v. Barber,301 So.2d 7 (Fla. 1974); Jones v. State,384 So.2d 736 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980); Randall v. State,346 So.2d 1233 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977).

¶7Affirmed.

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