MAURICE DEVELL ROBINSON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2021-09-02
No. 20-2415
Brian H. Corcoran
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2021)

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Holding

Habeas corpus petitions cannot be used to litigate issues that could have or should have been raised on direct appeal or in a timely postconviction motion.


Headnotes

[1] Habeas corpus is not available as a remedy for issues that could have been or should have been raised on direct appeal or in a timely postconviction motion.

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Facts & Procedural History

Maurice Devell Robinson, proceeding pro se, filed a habeas corpus petition. The trial court denied the petition.…

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Opinion of the Court

September 2, 2021 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See generally Baker v. State, 878 So. 2d 1236, 1245–46 (Fla. 2004) (holding that habeas corpus is not a means to litigate issues that could have or should have been raised on direct appeal or in a timely postconviction motion). ROWE, C.J., and B.L. THOMAS and RAY, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

_____________________________ Maurice Devell Robinson, pro se, Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Jennifer J. Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


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