Butler v. State

KHOUZAM, Judge.

Earl Butler has filed a timely petition under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(d) alleging that appellate counsel was ineffective. We find merit only in ground five of Butler’s petition; we deny the remaining grounds of his petition.

A jury found Butler guilty of two' counts of battery' on a law enforcement officer, resisting officers with violence, possession of cocaine with intent to sell or deliver within 1000 feet of a church, possession of cannabis with , intent to sell or deliver within 1000 feet of a church, and possession- of drug paraphernalia. The trial court…