Goggins v. Pinellas County, Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit

Michael Edward Goggins filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting that this court compel the trial court to grant his “motion for necessary transcripts” for possible use in a petition for habeas corpus. We deny the petition for writ of mandamus.

This court affirmed Mr. Goggins’ murder conviction on direct appeal in 1992. Goggins v. State, 603 So.2d 1280 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992). His counsel in that appeal filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Mr. Gog-gins generally alleges in his petition for writ of mandamus that his trial attorney…