Lee v. State

LaDaniel Lee petitions this Court for relief due to ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. In the direct appeal following Lee’s conviction for robbery with a weapon, his attorney failed to raise a meritorious, preserved argument as to which we granted his codefendant relief in Collier v. State, — So.3d - (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). In this case, the failure to raise the issue meets the deficiency prong of the Strickland1 test. See Cupon v. State, 833 So.2d 302, 304-05 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). Further, the Collier opinion establishes that the result of Lee’s appeal would have been different if the…