Clark v. State

This is an appeal from an order denying William M. Clark’s motion for postconviction relief.

Clark was convicted of manslaughter by a jury. He was sentenced on November 12, 1993, and filed a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconvietion relief on May 18, 1994. The trial court summarily denied grounds two through five of the motion. Ground one alleged ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to file a notice of appeal.

Clark alleged in his motion that after his judgment and sentence, counsel told him that a notice of appeal would be filed, and later visited him in…