Case Name: David WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-12-31
Citations: 610 So. 2d 118
Docket Number: No. 92-1128
Parties: David WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ZEHMER, BARFIELD and MINER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 610
Pages: 118–119

Head Matter:
David WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-1128.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 31, 1992.
David Wright, pro se.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
David Wright appeals a final order denying his rule 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief. The motion alleged two grounds for relief: (1) that the state presented insufficient evidence to prove that he possessed and had knowledge of the cocaine that he was charged with trafficking, and (2) that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise on direct appeal the sufficiency of the evidence presented at trial on possession.
We affirm the circuit court's denial of the first ground for relief challenging the sufficiency of evidence presented at trial. However, we vacate the portion of the order ruling on the claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel as the circuit court was without jurisdiction to rule on that issue. Such a claim must be raised by petition for writ of habeas corpus directed to the appellate court that considered the appeal. Knight v. State, 394 So.2d 997 (Fla.1981); Ragan v. Dugger, 544 So.2d 1052 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).
AFFIRMED IN PART and VACATED IN PART.
ZEHMER, BARFIELD and MINER, JJ., concur.