District Court of Appeal of Florida May 2, 2012, No. 3D12-370 (Ivaldi v. State)

ROTHENBERG, J.

The defendant, Edwin Ivaldi (“Ivaldi”), who was convicted of second degree murder with a firearm, seeks habeas corpus relief claiming his appellate counsel was ineffective because he failed to raise on direct appeal the defective manslaughter by intentional act instruction provided to the jury.