Brown v. State of Florida

FIRST D ISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2025-1887
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A NTWANN D. B ROWN ,
Petitioner,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA ,
Respondent.
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Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel—
Original Jurisdiction.
April 29, 2026
P ER C URIAM.
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.”).

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R OWE , W INOKUR , 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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Antwann D. Brown, pro se, Petitioner.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.