ROTHENBERG, J.
The defendant, Edwin Ivaldi ("Ivaldi"), who was convicted of second degree murder with a firearm, seeks habeas corpus relief claiming his appellate counsel was ineffective because he failed to raise on direct appeal the defective manslaughter by intentional act instruction provided to the jury. Fundamental error occurred and reversal of the second degree murder conviction is mandated because: the instruction given was exactly the same instruction the...
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