RUBEN ARROYO
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 3d DCA | 2025-09-10
No. 2025-1270
de la O, J., Emas, J., Miller, J., Bokor, J.
2025 FL 7864 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2025)

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Holding

Issues raised and rejected on direct appeal are procedurally barred in postconviction proceedings.


Headnotes

[1] Issues raised and rejected on direct appeal are procedurally barred from being relitigated in postconviction proceedings.

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Key Quotes

“issues raised and rejected on direct appeal are procedurally barred in postconviction proceedings”

Court's citation to Teffeteller v. Dugger, 734 So. 2d 1009, 1025 (Fla. 1999)

Facts & Procedural History

Ruben Arroyo appealed a circuit court decision in a criminal matter. Arroyo raised arguments in his postconviction motion that were identical to those…

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Opinion of the Court
Bokor

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed September 10, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D2025-1270 Lower Tribunal No. F10-27158B ________________

Ruben Arroyo, Appellant,

vs.

The State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Miguel M. de la O, Judge.

Ruben Arroyo, in proper person.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before EMAS, MILLER, and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Arroyo v. State, 252 So. 3d 374, 377 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (rejecting identical argument raised in postconviction motion); Teffeteller v. Dugger, 734 So. 2d 1009, 1025 (Fla. 1999) (finding issues raised and rejected on direct appeal are procedurally barred in postconviction proceedings).


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