Peter Cunningham v. State of Florida

Peter Cunningham, convicted of second degree murder and two counts of attempted manslaughter with a firearm, appeals a circuit court order summarily denying his motion for post-conviction relief, which raised eight grounds. We affirm the circuit court’s summary denial of seven of the grounds without further discussion and reverse its summary denial of ground two.

In ground two, Cunningham claimed ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure to object and move for mistrial when the jury observed him wearing shackles, during trial. The State’s response and record attachments do not refute…