Melara v. State

997 So.2d 1135 (2008)

Reinaldo A. MELARA, Petitioner,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 3D08-2384.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 12, 2008.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 5, 2009.

Reinaldo A. Melara, in proper person.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for respondent.

Before RAMIREZ and ROTHENBERG, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

RAMIREZ, J.

Reinaldo A. Melara filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus for Belated Appeal to raise a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. He was found guilty of manslaughter with a deadly weapon and…