Ross v. State

Full title: DEANDRE ROSS, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent.

Court: FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

Date published: Oct 21, 2020

306 So. 3d 384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)

Opinion

No. 1D18-4092

10-21-2020

Deandre ROSS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Rick A. Sichta and Susanne K. Sichta of The Sichta Firm LLC, Jacksonville, for Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Rick A. Sichta and Susanne K. Sichta of The Sichta Firm LLC, Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Per Curiam.

The petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel is denied on the merits. See Hardison v. State , 138 So. 3d 1130, 1132 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) ("Where, as here, the challenged jury instruction involved an affirmative defense, fundamental error only occurs if the instruction is so flawed as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial.").

Roberts, Rowe, and Kelsey, JJ., concur.