FERNANDO A. IRIZARRY
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 3d DCA | 2021-09-29
No. 21-1191
Barnes, Carlton, Fair, Griffis, Irving, Ishee, James, Lee, Maxwell, Roberts
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2021)

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Holding

A habeas corpus petition concerning a defendant's incarceration must be filed in the circuit court of the county where the defendant is incarcerated.


Headnotes

[1] A habeas corpus petition raising issues concerning a defendant's incarceration must be filed in the circuit court of the county where the defendant is incarcerated, not i…

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Key Quotes

“The circuit court of the county in which a defendant is incarcerated has jurisdiction to consider a petition for writ of habeas corpus when the claims raised in the petition concern issues regarding his incarceration.”

Court citing established precedent from Stokes v. State regarding proper venue for habeas corpus petitions

Facts & Procedural History

Fernando Irizarry, incarcerated in DeSoto County, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade Coun…

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Opinion of the Court

Opinion filed September 29, 2021. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

________________ No. 3D21-1191 Lower Tribunal Nos. F18-12351, 20-2292 ________________ Fernando A. Irizarry,

Appellant,

vs.

The State of Florida,

Appellee.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Thomas J. Rebull, Judge. Fernando A. Irizarry, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee. Before FERNANDEZ, C.J., and GORDO and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM.

Fernando Irizarry appeals the dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus by the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County.

Because Irizarry is incarcerated in Desoto County and the petition raises issues concerning his incarceration, we affirm the trial court’s order dismissing the petition without prejudice to Irizarry refiling it in the proper venue and in the proper form. See Stokes v. State, 3 So. 3d 425, 425 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009) (“The circuit court of the county in which a defendant is incarcerated has jurisdiction to consider a petition for writ of habeas corpus when the claims raised in the petition concern issues regarding his incarceration.” (quoting Brinson v. State, 988 So. 2d 665, 665–66 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008))); Cooper v. State, 970 So. 2d 368, 368 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007);

Johnson v. State, 947 So. 2d 1192, 1193 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007).

Affirmed.


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