EDGE v. STATE

No. 4D03-4731.

893 So.2d 610 (2005)

Thomas Patrick EDGE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Patrick Edge, Davie, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


WARNER, J.

Thomas Edge brings this petition to review the denial of his petition for habeas corpus, which alleged ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in the circuit court appeal of his conviction for driving under the influence.1 While appellate counsel's performance was deficient, Edge did not show that the appellate process was compromised because the issue foreclosed by counsel's performance was without merit.

Edge was...

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