MAYS v. STATE

No. 72-1160.

285 So.2d 637 (1973)

William Parris MAYS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Brown, Sp. Appointed Asst. Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Thomas M. Carney, Nelson E. Bailey and Stephen Koons, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


CROSS, Judge.

The appellant, William Parris Mays, filed in the trial court a motion under Rule 3.850 F.R.Cr.P. 33 F.S.A. to vacate judgment and sentence imposed for the crime of manslaughter of which he had been convicted. The motion, in substance, set forth that appellant's right to an orderly appellate review by direct appeal from the judgment and sentence had been frustrated by his court-appointed attorney's failure to perfect an appeal. The trial court, after...

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