BURFORD v. STATE

No. 4D10-2205.

77 So.3d 917 (2012)

Basil BURFORD, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deana K. Marshall of the Law Office of Deana K. Marshall, P.A., Riverview, and Basil Burford, Arcadia, for petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Basil Burford petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise one issue of fundamental error. We agree and grant the petition.

While fleeing from an officer attempting to make a traffic stop, the petitioner ran through a red light where his vehicle collided with a pickup truck, killing the other driver. He was convicted of one count of manslaughter by culpable negligence, vehicular...

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