WHITMORE v. STATE

Nos. 4D08-959, 4D08-3102.

27 So.3d 168 (2010)

James WHITMORE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason T. Forman of the Law Offices of Jason T. Forman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


TAYLOR, J.

In these consolidated cases, James Whitmore appeals the trial court's summary denial of his Rule 3.850 motion, which alleged ineffective assistance of his trial counsel, and petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging ineffectiveness of his appellate counsel. We affirm as to all Whitmore's claims regarding ineffective assistance of trial counsel, but find merit in his claim that appellate counsel was ineffective in failing to challenge on appeal the...

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