Mays v. State

CROSS, Judge.

The appellant, William Parris Mays, filed in the trial court a motion under Rule 3.850 F.R.Cr.P. 33 F.S.A. to vacate judgment and sentence imposed for the crime of manslaughter of which he had been convicted. The motion, in substance, set forth that appellant’s right to an orderly appellate review by direct appeal from the judgment and sentence had been frustrated by his court-appointed attorney’s failure to perfect an appeal. The trial court, after an evidentiary hearing, denied the motion. This appeal then followed.

It is appellant’s contention on appeal that the trial court…