MITCHELL v. DUGGER

No. 75739.

595 So.2d 942 (1992)

Willie MITCHELL, Jr., Petitioner, v. Richard L. DUGGER, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, and Judith J. Dougherty, Asst. CCR, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Candance M. Sunderland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

This is a petition for habeas corpus following a judgment of guilt for first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction under article V, sections 3(b)(1) and (9) of the Florida Constitution.

Mitchell argues that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that the trial judge erred by not permitting defense counsel to inquire into the nature of the prior convictions of a State witness. The witness admitted that she had...

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