In his petition filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(c), Timothy Fredrick Baker alleges his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue on direct appeal that certain jury instructions given in his trial amounted to fundamental error. We agree that appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance when he neglected to raise this issue and therefore grant the petition and...
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