Peterson v. State

Full title: MAURICE PETERSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Court: FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

Date published: Apr 8, 2021

315 So. 3d 156 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)

Opinion

No. 1D20-3458

04-08-2021

Maurice PETERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Maurice Peterson, pro se, Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Maurice Peterson, pro se, Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Per Curiam.

Appellant challenges the legitimacy of his conviction based on jury deliberations. Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800 is "not the correct procedural vehicle for attacking the merits of an underlying criminal conviction." Echeverria v. State , 949 So. 2d 331, 335 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). Accordingly, the postconviction court correctly determined that the claims in the instant motion are not cognizable in a rule 3.800 motion. AFFIRMED.

B.L. Thomas, Osterhaus, and M.K. Thomas, JJ., concur.