WHITFIELD v. SINGLETARY

No. 98-0531

730 So.2d 314 (1999)

Michael WHITFIELD, Petitioner, v. Harry SINGLETARY, Sec. of, Fl. Dept. of Corr., etc., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion Denying Rehearing April 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Whitfield, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Lara J. Edelstein, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before COPE, GERSTEN and FLETCHER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Michael Whitfield petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. Defendant-petitioner contends that his appellate counsel should have challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to support the four kidnapping convictions in this case. First, defendant's "boilerplate" motion for judgment of acquittal in the trial court did not raise with particularity this issue, and thus did not properly preserve it for appellate...

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