Fernandez v. State
Annotate this CaseAppellant Jose Fernandez was convicted of rape and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant subsequently filed a timely petition for postconviction relief, raising a number of claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court denied the petition. Appellant then filed a pro se motion for belated appeal. The Supreme Court granted the motion because the trial court failed to provide the required notice to Appellant of the entry of the order denying his petition. Before the Court was Appellant's motion to file a belated reply brief. The Court declared the motion moot and dismissed the appeal, holding that the trial court did not err in denying relief and that Appellant could not prevail on appeal because none of the claims raised in Appellant's petition had merit.
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