Jessie Ramirez v. State of Florida

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: January 7, 2026
• Docket: 3D2025-2442
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed January 7, 2026. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D25-2442 Lower Tribunal No. F85-16798A ________________

Jessie Ramirez, Petitioner,

vs.

State of Florida, Respondent.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction – Habeas Corpus.

Jessie Ramirez, in proper person.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, for respondent.

Before FERNANDEZ, LINDSEY, and GOODEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner Jessie Ramirez seeks a writ of habeas corpus attacking his

1987 convictions for first degree murder and kidnapping. He asserts that a complete record on appeal, which included transcripts from all hearings and

trial proceedings, was not submitted on his direct appeal. Because this

argument is procedurally barred and without merit, we deny the petition. See

Thompson v. State, 759 So. 2d 650, 660 (Fla. 2000) (“Thompson contends

that this Court was not provided with an adequate record during the direct

appeal because some pretrial hearings and bench conferences were not

transcribed and included in the appellate record. Because Thompson did

not raise any inadequacy in the appellate record during direct appeal, his

postconviction claim on this basis is procedurally barred.”); see also Barwick

v. State, 88 So. 3d 85, 108 (Fla. 2011) (“Similarly, because Barwick has

failed to specifically identify any errors that occurred as a result of the alleged

omissions in the record, we deny this claim.”); Henry v. State, 937 So. 2d

563, 577 (Fla. 2006) (“Therefore, without any specificity as to how Henry has

been prejudiced by the omissions in the record, denial of this claim is

warranted under the applicable law.”); Pardo v. State, 941 So. 2d 1057, 1073

(Fla. 2006) (“He is not entitled to relief because he has not identified any

errors occurring during the proceedings that were not transcribed.”).

Petition denied.