Legal Opinion
Jones v. Wainwright
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 13, 1985No. 66505PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
473 So.2d 1244 (1985)
Leo Alexander JONES, Petitioner,
v.
Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent.
No. 66505.
Supreme Court of Florida.
June 13, 1985.
Rehearing Denied September 5, 1985.
Robert J. Link of Goodstein & Link, Jacksonville, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.
ADKINS, Justice.
This is a petition for habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(9), Fla. Const. For the reasons discussed below, we deny the petition for habeas corpus.
Jones was convicted of the first-degree…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Castor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- Downs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
- Johnson v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
- Sochor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
- Sochor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
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