TROY DAVIS, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Logan v. State, 846 So. 2d 472 (Fla. 2003)
  …s in the [appellate] court unless others are duly appointed or substituted”). Consequently, the petitions in the subject cases cannot be entertained on the merits as they were filed pro se and have not been adopted by counsel. See Carlisle v. State, 773 So. 2d 647, 648 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000) (striking pro se petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel circuit court to rule on petitioner’s pro se motion for reconsideration of the denial of a portion of the petitioner’s motion for postconviction relief because…
• Sheppard v. State, 17 So. 3d 275 (Fla. 2009)
  …held that pro se petitions for relief filed in the appellate courts were stricken where the defendant was represented by counsel in the trial court. Id. at 475 (citing Martin v. Bieluch, 786 So. 2d 1229, 1230 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Carlisle v. State, 773 So. 2d 647, 648 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000)). We thus announced a rule that absent an unequivocal request to discharge counsel, pro se petitions filed in this Court would be dismissed. Subsequent to Logan, we decided Johnson v. State, 974 So. 2d 363 (Fla.2008), in wh…
• Padilla-Padial v. State, 152 So. 3d 51 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014)
  …Sheppard v. State, 17 So. 3d 275, 281 (Fla.2009) (noting that Florida appellate courts have uniformly held that pro se petitions for relief filed in appellate courts were stricken where defendant was represented by counsel (citing Carlisle v. State, 773 So. 2d 647, 648 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000))). We recognize that there may be cases involving jail credit issues that, if not promptly resolved, would result in a defendant having served the legal portion of the sentence prior to the conclusion of the direct appeal.…

Authorities Cited

• Gissendanner v. State, 373 So. 2d 898 (Fla. 1979)
• Robinson v. State, 373 So. 2d 898 (Fla. 1979)