SONGER v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 62891.

423 So.2d 355 (1982)

Carl Ray SONGER, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Richard L. Dugger, Superintendent of Florida State Prison, Starke, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Jordan, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Peggy Quince and Frank Lester Adams, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondents.


ADKINS, Justice.

By habeas corpus, petitioner Carl Ray Songer contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel on his direct appeal from a judgment of guilt and sentence of death, Songer v. State, 322 So.2d 481 (Fla. 1975) (Songer I), and on an appeal from resentencing, Songer v. State, 365 So.2d 696 (Fla. 1978) (Songer II), cert. denied, 441 U.S....

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