Perry v. Singletary

CONFESSION OF ERROR

Upon the state’s proper confession of error we grant Curtis Leon Perry’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

The sole issue raised by the Petitioner is that he received ineffective assistance of appellate counsel due to counsel’s failure to raise a double jeopardy claim on direct appeal. The petitioner was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison for the crime of attempted second degree murder with a firearm in count 1 of the information. In count 3 he was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for the unlawful possession of a firearm while engaged in a criminal…