Petitions Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel Per Appellate Rule 9.141

To prevail on a motion based on ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, the defendant must prove that the attorney failed to render effective assistance, and that had effective assistance been offered, the outcome may have been different.

The most common examples of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel claims in Florida include:

• the failure to raise meritorious appellate grounds on appeal
• failure to raise illegal sentence and fundamental error grounds

We recommend you contact one of our cooperating Florida licensed attorneys listed on this site, or have us conduct a Case Review that will be reviewed by one of these attorneys, to determine if you are entitled to relief because of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel on direct appeal.