Vazquez v. State, 95-528

Decision Date13 April 1995
Docket NumberNo. 95-528,95-528
Citation653 So.2d 486
Parties20 Fla. L. Weekly D923 Jose VAZQUEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Jose A. Vazquez, Lowell, pro se.

No appearance for appellee.

W. SHARP, Judge.

Vazquez appeals from the trial court's summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. He previously appealed from his conviction and sentence for first degree murder, armed burglary of a dwelling, and grand theft of a motor vehicle. This court per curiam affirmed without opinion. See Vazquez v. State, 620 So.2d 777 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993). Vazquez argues in this collateral proceeding that his trial counsel was ineffective for not providing him with an interpreter during the trial, and that the trial court erred in not providing him with an interpreter. We affirm.

Claims involving the absence of an interpreter at trial are ones which could be and should be raised on direct appeal. They are not appropriately raised in a rule 3.850 proceeding, which is a collateral attack on the original judgment. Lopez v. Singletary, 634 So.2d 1054 (Fla.1993); Rivera v. Dugger, 629 So.2d 105 (Fla.1993). See also Larias v. State, 528 So.2d 944 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); Quintana v. State, 520 So.2d 313 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). Vazquez will not be allowed a second appeal under the guise of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

AFFIRMED.

PETERSON and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.

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  • Childers v. State, 4D00-4408.
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 4 April 2001
    ...under the guise of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim. See Freeman v. State, 761 So.2d 1055, 1067 (Fla.2000); Vazquez v. State, 653 So.2d 486 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). Appellant's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence was an issue for direct appeal, and therefore not cognizable un......
  • Booska v. State, 5D06-2195.
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 11 August 2006
    ...them in the guise of ineffective assistance claims. See, e.g., Freeman v. State, 761 So.2d 1055, 1067 (Fla.2000); Vazquez v. State, 653 So.2d 486 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). As to the remaining issues raised, we conclude that the trial court did not err in denying them summarily. The sentence impo......
  • Dowling v. State, 4D01-1592.
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 19 September 2001
    ...in the original appeal by re-raising it under the guise of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim."); see also Vazquez v. State, 653 So.2d 486, 486-87 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995)("Vazquez will not be allowed a second appeal under the guise of an ineffective assistance of counsel Accordingly, we......

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