Hinton v. State

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion for post-conviction relief under Criminal Procedure Rule 1, F.S.A. ch. 924 Appendix.

The appellant, on a plea of not guilty, was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault. In the course of the proceedings thereafter a motion for post-conviction relief was filed alleging various matters, which included the ground that the public defender, whose office represented the defendant, refused to file notice of appeal from his conviction.

The trial judge denied the motion and, from reading the record, we do not find that the public defender filed any…