Edwards v. State

BASKIN, Judge.

Appellant Edwards appeals the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. He asserts that his court-appointed counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to request an instruction on voluntary intoxication. The court gave the standard specific intent instruction. Edwards was convicted of premeditated first degree murder as charged. He then instituted an appeal which resulted in this court’s affirmance without prejudice to his filing a 3.850 motion in the trial court alleging ineffective assistance of…