Calhoun v. State

Full title: Horace CALHOUN, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Sep 2, 2009

17 So. 3d 858 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 3D09-1711.

September 2, 2009.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction — Prohibition.

Horace Calhoun, in proper person.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for respondent.

Before GERSTEN, SUAREZ, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

SUAREZ, J.

Petition dismissed. Logan v. State, 846 So.2d 472, 479 (Fla. 2003) (holding that the court will "not entertain pro se extraordinary writ petitions from criminal defendants seeking affirmative relief in the context of pending trial court criminal cases, where it is clear from the face of the petitions that the petitioners are represented by counsel in the pending criminal proceedings and the petitioners do not clearly indicate that they are seeking to discharge counsel in those proceedings").

Dismissed.