LEONARD NAIRN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2020-09-25
No. 20-1911
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2020)

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Holding

A habeas corpus petition is properly dismissed when it raises issues that could have been or were raised on direct appeal or in postconviction motions.


Headnotes

[1] A habeas corpus petition raising issues that could have been or were raised on direct appeal or in postconviction motions is not an authorized use of the writ and must be…

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Key Quotes

“dismissing habeas petitions as unauthorized which raise issues that could have been or were raised on direct appeal or in postconviction motions”

Court citation to Baker v. State, 878 So. 2d 1236 (Fla. 2004), stating the controlling standard for dismissal.

Facts & Procedural History

Leonard Nairn, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the First District Court of Appeal.…

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Opinion of the Court

September 25, 2020 PER CURIAM.

DISMISSED. See Baker v. State, 878 So. 2d 1236 (Fla. 2004) (dismissing habeas petitions as unauthorized which raise issues that could have been or were raised on direct appeal or in postconviction motions). MAKAR, OSTERHAUS, 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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