Coleman v. State

WALLACE, Judge.

The State charged Mr. Coleman with the attempted first-degree murder and kidnapping of his wife, Sylvia Coleman. Following a jury trial, Mr. Coleman was convicted of attempted second-degree murder, a lesser-included offense, and kidnapping. We affirmed his convictions and sentences on direct appeal. Coleman v. State, 63 So.3d 760 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011) (table decision).

Thereafter, on April 25, 2013, we granted Mr. Coleman’s petition for ineffective assistance of appellate counsel to the extent that we found appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue on direct appeal…