Legal Opinion

Pinkney v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 8, 1996No. 96-2444PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

W. SHARP, Judge.

Pinkney has filed still a second petition for habeas corpus, claiming ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. It is successive and should be denied. We choose to write in order to forestall a further collateral attack by Pinkney on his convictions and habitual offender sentences for possession1 and delivery of cocaine.2 He received concurrent sentences of 25 years on the delivery conviction and 10 years on the possession conviction, so it is entirely foreseeable that Pinkney will have plenty of time to file more petitions.

The history of Pinkney’s appeal and collateral…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Isley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  2. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  3. Scott v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  4. Leone v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Carnes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  2. Orr v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

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