Hartley v. State
Hartley v. State
Opinion of the Court
Petitioner presents a timely claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. He was charged with first-degree murder and convicted by a jury of second-degree murder. The initial brief in his direct appeal was filed shortly after this court’s decision in Montgomery v. State, — So.3d -, 2009 WL 350624 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009), which held that the giving of the standard jury instruction on manslaughter in a case of this nature was fundamental
PETITION GRANTED.
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