State Ex Rel. Peete v. Moore

SHERRI B. SULLIVAN, Presiding Judge.

Introdtiction

Darnell Peete (Petitioner) filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus along with Suggestions in Support and Exhibits, alleging that his attorney failed to file a direct appeal of Petitioner’s convictions of rape, sodomy and child molestation. On February 5, 2009, we entered an Order to Show Cause to Respondent as to why Petitioner’s Petition should not be granted. On February 17, 2009, Respondent filed his Response asserting that Petitioner should have filed a Rule 29.15 1 motion for posteonviction i*elief, as his attorney’s failure to file an…