BARRY, Judge.
The defendant was convicted of aggravated kidnapping (La.R.S. 14:44) and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. The conviction and sentence were affirmed in an errors patent appeal. State v. Ford, 416 So.2d 1301 (La.1982).
The defendant filed an application for postconviction relief based on ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. The application was granted based on Lofton v. Whitley,
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