LAMONT T. LUBIN,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA,

Fla. 3d DCA | 2021-04-14
No. 20-1720
Hendon, J., Fernandez, J., Lobree, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2021)

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Holding

Appellate counsel's failure to raise a meritless issue on appeal does not constitute ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.


Headnotes

[1] Appellate counsel's failure to raise a meritless issue on appeal does not constitute ineffective assistance of appellate counsel under the Sixth Amendment.

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“appellate counsel's failure to raise meritless issue on appeal does not constitute ineffective assistance of appellate counsel”

Court's citation to Mendoza v. State in denying the petition

Facts & Procedural History

Lamont T. Lubin filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in his criminal case.…

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Opinion of the Court
Lobree

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed April 14, 2021. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D20-1720 Lower Tribunal No. F15-22546 ________________

Lamont T. Lubin, Petitioner,

vs.

The State of Florida, Respondent.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction-Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel.

Lamont T. Lubin, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Joanne Diez, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before FERNANDEZ, HENDON, and LOBREE, JJ.

HENDON, J.

2

Following review of Lamont T. Lubin’s petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, it is ordered that said petition is hereby denied. See Mendoza v. State, 964 So. 2d 121 (Fla. 2007) (holding appellate counsel's failure to raise meritless issue on appeal does not constitute ineffective assistance of appellate counsel); Austin v. State, 236 So. 3d 402 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017).

Petition denied.


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