NORTHCUTT, Chief Judge.
Tonja Stairs challenges her conviction for removing a minor from the State of Florida during a dependency proceeding. See § 787.04(3), Fla. Stat. (2003). Stairs, through her appellate counsel, asserts that her trial counsel was ineffective on the face of the record for neglecting to ask for a jury instruction on a specific defense. She also claims that the court committed fundamental error by failing to give the same jury instruction...
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