DAVE VERNON TEART
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A habeas corpus petition filed in circuit court that alleges entitlement to immediate release must be filed in the circuit court of the county where the prisoner is detained, not the county where he was convicted.
[1] Habeas corpus petitions alleging entitlement to immediate release must be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the prisoner is detained, not in the county wh…
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Court citing Vierra v. State and Bush v. State for the venue requirement for habeas petitions
Dave Vernon Teart filed a habeas corpus petition in Hillsborough County Circuit Court, where he was convicted and sentenced, challenging his continued…
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CASANUEVA, Judge.
Dave Vernon Teart appeals the dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, which challenged his continued imprisonment in the Department of Corrections. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
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Mr. Teart filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Hillsborough County, where he was convicted and sentenced. The circuit court dismissed the petition on procedural grounds and addressed its merits. However, because Mr. Teart challenged his continued detention and claimed entitlement to immediate release, the court should have transferred the petition to the Third Judicial Circuit Court in and for Suwannee County, where he was detained. See Vierra v. State, 980 So. 2d 588, 589 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008) ("[A] habeas petition filed in circuit court alleging entitlement to immediate release 'shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the prisoner is detained.' " (alteration in original) (quoting Bush v. State, 945 So. 2d 1207, 1213 n.11 (Fla. 2006))). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the court to transfer the petition for writ of habeas corpus to the Third Judicial Circuit Court in and for Suwannee County or to the circuit court in the county where Mr. Teart is currently incarcerated.
Reversed and remanded.
ATKINSON and SMITH, JJ., Concur.
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- Corbblin Bush v. State, 945 So. 2d 1207 (Fla. 2006)
- Vierra v. State, 980 So. 2d 588 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)