SHEPARD v. CROSBY

No. 4D04-4393.

916 So.2d 861 (2005)

Jan Barry SHEPARD, Petitioner, v. James V. CROSBY, Jr., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Malone of Steven H. Malone, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus. He argues his appellate counsel was ineffective on direct appeal. We agree, grant the petition, reverse the defendant's conviction, and remand the case for a new trial.

On September 22, 2001, in the parking lot of a restaurant in Palm Beach County, the defendant was engaged in a verbal altercation with members of the Outlaws motorcycle group. A struggle ensued where the defendant...

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