Opinion
No. 3D03-1782.
July 6, 2005.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County; Scott Silverman, Judge.
Andrew F. Rier, Miami, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Linda S. Katz, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before COPE and GREEN, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
Cazu Soloman was convicted and sentenced for first degree murder after a jury trial. On appeal, he raises three issues; we, however, address only one. For various reasons, Soloman claims that his trial counsel was ineffective. This claim is not cognizable on direct appeal because Soloman's right to relief is not apparent on the face of the record before us. See Mizell v. State, 716 So.2d 829, 830 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998); Caison v. State, 695 So.2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997).
Our affirmance in this regard, however, is without prejudice to Soloman raising these claims in any appropriate post-conviction motion. See Burgess v. State, 884 So.2d 453 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004).
Finding no merit to the remaining issues raised on this appeal, we affirm.