Ford v. Singletary

CONFESSION OF ERROR

By way of a petition for writ of habeas corpus, David Ford claims that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge the legality of Ford’s conviction for attempted first degree murder pursuant to State v. Gray, 654 So.2d 552 (Fla.1995). Specifically, Ford had been charged with one count of attempted first degree murder1 which had been pled as attempted premeditated murder or alternatively, attempted felony murder. The jury was instructed on both theories and found Ford guilty of attempted first degree murder. The jury, however, did not specify the theory…