King v. State

We treat appellant’s notice of appeal as a petition for habeas corpus seeking a belated appeal pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140®- We grant appellant’s petition for a belated appeal.

Appellant contends the trial court erred when it denied his petition for habeas corpus wherein he claimed ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm. The trial court correctly concluded that claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel are not cognizable in a petition for habeas corpus and should have been brought in a motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to rule 3.850,…