Stewart v. Florida

How later courts describe this case

• rejecting appeal of conviction where appeal based on violation of rights under Cuyler v. Adams
• defendant stabbed to death victim who he had lured into a shopping center parking lot on the pretext of wanting to buy the victim's car
• “Generally, ineffective assistance of counsel is a collateral matter which should be addressed through a motion for post-conviction relief.”
• ineffective assistance of counsel is collateral matter that may not be raised for the first time on appeal, unless facts on which claim is based are evident in appellate record
• trial judge should not speculate that parole eligibility might be considered by jury and instruct them accordingly; to do so may, in fact, inject consideration of parole into their deliberations where it may not have been before