Milligan v. State

SHANNON, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant has filed this appeal from an order which denied him relief under Criminal Procedure Rule One, F.S.A. ch. 924 Appendix.

Appellant was charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny. After the jury returned a verdict of guilty, the appellant was sentenced to serve seven years in the state prison.

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether a movant for post-conviction relief may properly complain that his privately-retained counsel failed to appeal his judgment and sentence, where said counsel had been requested and paid to do so. (The…