Case Name: Gerald JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-06-04
Citations: 694 So. 2d 159
Docket Number: No. 97-1367
Parties: Gerald JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, WARNER and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 694
Pages: 159–159

Head Matter:
Gerald JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 97-1367.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 4, 1997.
Gerald Johnson, Mayo, pro se.
No appearance required for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Gerald Johnson appeals an order denying his post-conviction motion in which he alleged reversible error and ineffective assistance of his appellate counsel. The trial court properly denied the motion, because neither allegation is a proper subject for a motion filed pursuant to rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.
A claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel must be raised in a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in the appellate court. Because rule 9.040(c), Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, permits this court to treat a case as if the proper remedy had been invoked, we have treated this appeal as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and have considered the merits of Johnson's ineffective assistance claim. The petition is hereby denied.
STONE, WARNER and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.