Leggett v. Wainwright

SPECTOR, Acting Chief Judge.

Petitioner seeks a belated appellate review of his judgment of conviction and sentence entered pursuant to his plea of guilty to assault with intent to commit murder. The relief is sought pursuant to Hollingshead v. Wainwright, 194 So.2d 577 (Fla.1967), and like cases which provide for belated full appellate review when it appears that a person’s desire to appeal a conviction was frustrated by state action.

The petitioner in the case at bar does not allege that his desire to appeal was communicated to his counsel or any other state functionary. In absence of a…