Brian Hooks v. State

The petition for writ of habeas corpus is granted.. See Francois v. State, No. 4D14-1558, 2014 WL 5460633 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014) (granting an ineffective, appellate counsel petition where counsel failed to request certification of conflict or a citation to our decision in Williams v. State, 40 So.3d 72 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)); In the direct appeal, Petitioner’s appellate counsel argued that there was fundamental error in’ the jury instruction. We affirmed without certifying a conflict or providing a citation.1 Hooks v. State, 82 So.3d 905 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011). This prevented petitioner from…