Carlos E. Moore v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Carlos Moore, presently serving a life sentence in Florida for robbery, appeals from the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief. The issue on appeal is whether he is entitled to a free, complete transcript of all the trial court proceedings, even though neither his trial or appellate counsel sufficiently complied with the Florida procedure to obtain a transcript of the portions of the trial court proceedings relevant to an appeal. The district court held that the state procedures followed by the trial court for determining whether a defendant should…