LOUIS COFIELD, ETC., PETITIONER,
v.
HARRY K. SINGLETARY, ETC., RESPONDENT
LOUIS COFIELD, ETC., PETITIONER,
HARRY K. SINGLETARY, ETC., RESPONDENT
641 So. 2d 407
Florida Supreme Court (1994)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Louis J. Cofield petitions this Court for habeas corpus, which we treat as a petition for writ of mandamus. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(8), Fla. Const. The petition is denied on the authority of Griffin v. Singletary, 638 So. 2d 500 (Fla.1994).
It is so ordered.
GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN, HARDING and WELLS, JJ., concur.
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