Larsen v. State

WARNER, Judge.

The petition for habeas corpus based on ineffectiveness of appellate counsel is denied. Petitioner argues that because his co-defendant’s sentence was reversed on direct appeal, Mulligan v. State, 566 So.2d 76 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990), and his conviction and sentence were affirmed without opinion, his appellate counsel must have been deficient in the presentation of his brief, as the same sentencing issue on which this court reversed his codefendant’s sentence was affirmed in his case.

Petitioner and his codefendant were both sentenced to departure sentences. On appeal, both argued…