Terry v. State

ORFINGER, Judge.

Petitioner seeks relief by way of habeas corpus from an earlier affirmance of his conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping, alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in his original appeal to the court.1 We deny the requested relief.

A claim for relief based on alleged ineffective assistance of appellate counsel is properly presented to this court by way of petition for habeas corpus. Knight v. State, 394 So.2d 997 (Fla.1981). In Knight, the Supreme Court laid down these principles upon which such petition must he based:(1) The specific omission or overt act upon…