Legal Opinion

Baker v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 9, 2004No. 2D03-5580PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

877 So.2d 856 (2004)

Timothy Fredrick BAKER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D03-5580.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 9, 2004.

VILLANTI, Judge.

In his petition filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(c), Timothy Fredrick Baker alleges his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue on direct appeal that certain jury instructions given in his trial amounted to fundamental error. We agree that appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance when he neglected to raise this issue and therefore grant the petition and allow Baker a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Giles v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  2. Zuniga v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  3. Rich v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  4. Fair v. CrosbyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  5. Estevez v. CrosbyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

3Cited by19 opinions

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  5. York v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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