Frazier v. Singletary

SMITH, Judge.

Vernon Lavell Frazier (hereafter, petitioner) has petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus arguing that he received the ineffective assistance of appellate counsel during the direct appeal of his convictions and sentences for first degree and second degree murder. For the reasons more fully explained below, we deny the petition.

On a prior appeal, this court affirmed petitioner’s convictions and sentences, with the exception of the trial court’s reservation of jurisdiction over petitioner’s sentence. Frazier v. State, 488 So.2d 166 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), rev. denied, 494…