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Simpkins v. State

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA
May 27, 2021
320 So. 3d 970 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)

Opinion

No. 1D20-3213

05-27-2021

Lawrence SIMPKINS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Lawrence Simpkins, pro se, Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


Lawrence Simpkins, pro se, Petitioner.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Per Curiam.

DISMISSED as unauthorized. See Baker v. State , 878 So. 2d 1236, 1245 (Fla. 2004) (explaining that "[t]he remedy of habeas corpus is not available in Florida to obtain the kind of collateral postconviction relief available by motion in the sentencing court pursuant to rule 3.850"); Mills v. Dugger , 574 So. 2d 63, 65 (Fla. 1990) ("As we have stated numerous times, habeas corpus is not to be used for obtaining additional appeals of issues which were raised, or should have been raised, on direct appeal or which were waived at trial or which could have, should have, or have been, raised in prior postconviction filings." (internal marks omitted)).

Ray, C.J., and Bilbrey and Winokur, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Simpkins v. State

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA
May 27, 2021
320 So. 3d 970 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)
Case details for

Simpkins v. State

Case Details

Full title:LAWRENCE SIMPKINS, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent.

Court:FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

Date published: May 27, 2021

Citations

320 So. 3d 970 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)