Woodruff v. State

DAVIS, Judge.

Deandre T. Woodruff, in his petition filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(c), contends that appellate counsel was ineffective in failing to challenge the sentence the trial court imposed for his conviction of one count of third-degree murder. 1 He alleges that because his trial counsel failed to preserve the issue, his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to correct the sentencing error pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). Although we agree that his appellate counsel’s performance was deficient at the time of…