Eford v. State

Eford petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. See generally, Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c). Only one of the grounds raised in Eford’s petition merits discussion. Eford contends that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that *1171the trial court erred in not instructing the jury on justifiable and excusable attempted homicide when giving the attempted felony murder instruction. Eford acknowledges that his trial counsel did not object to the trial court’s omission of these instructions, but contends that the trial court committed…