TOMMY L. RANDOLPH
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2025-04-02
No. 2024-2641
Mirman, J., Klingensmith, C.J., Levine, J., Kuntz, J.
2025 FL 2870 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2025)

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Holding

A speedy trial argument is not a valid ground for habeas corpus relief and must be raised on direct appeal or in a properly filed rule 3.850 motion.


Headnotes

[1] Speedy trial claims are not cognizable in habeas corpus proceedings and must instead be raised on direct appeal, if preserved, or in a rule 3.850 motion.

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Key Quotes

“speedy trial argument not a valid ground for habeas corpus relief; such argument should have been raised on direct appeal, if preserved, or in a properly filed rule 3.850 motion”

Court's citation to Baker v. State, 878 So. 2d 1236, 1241 (Fla. 2004)

Facts & Procedural History

Tommy L. Randolph filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County, challenging h…

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Opinion of the Court
Klingensmith

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

TOMMY L. RANDOLPH, Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D2024-2641

[April 2, 2025]

Appeal of order denying petition for writ of habeas corpus to the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Lawrence Mirman, Judge; L.T. Case No. 1978CF000305 A.

Tommy L. Randolph, Lowell, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Baker v. State, 878 So. 2d 1236, 1241 (Fla. 2004) (speedy trial argument not a valid ground for habeas corpus relief; such argument should have been raised on direct appeal, if preserved, or in a properly filed rule 3.850 motion).

KLINGENSMITH, C.J., LEVINE and KUNTZ, JJ., concur.

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