Simmons v. State

In his petition filed under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(d), Abraham Simmons raises multiple claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. We grant the petition as to ground I; we deny the remaining grounds without comment.

A jury convicted Simmons of burglary of an occupied dwelling and criminal mischief involving more than $1000. The trial court sentenced him as a violent career criminal (VCC) to thirty years’ imprisonment for the burglary and a concurrent term of ten years’ imprisonment for the criminal mischief.

In ground I of his petition, Simmons argues that…