Legal Opinion
Burnside v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 2, 1998No. 98-1655PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
720 So.2d 269 (1998)
Scott A. BURNSIDE, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 98-1655.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
October 2, 1998.
Scott A. Burnside, Raiford, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Belle B. Turner, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.
2Per curiam
Scott A. Burnside petitions for a writ of habeas corpus seeking a belated appeal because his privately retained attorney failed to file an initial brief. Appellate counsel's failure to file an initial brief is clearly below the norm of professionally acceptable…
3Cases cited3 opinions
- Rooney v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
- P.M.W. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
- Lewis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
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