Wallace V State Of Florida
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2024-3343
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DEMETRIS WALLACE,
Petitioner,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
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Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel—
Original Jurisdiction.
July 23, 2025
PER CURIAM.
DISMISSED. See Mack v. State, 380 So. 3d 1248, 1248-49 (Fla.
1st DCA 2024) (“There simply cannot be a cognizable claim for
ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in this
situation . . . . Under this mandated [Anders] process, an
affirmance by the appellate court in essence is the court’s
determination that the appellant has received his constitutionally
guaranteed right to effective assistance from [appellate] counsel.”).
ROBERTS, KELSEY, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Demetris Wallace, pro se, Petitioner.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
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