Robert L. Caleb v. State of Florida

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed May 21, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D25-0483 Lower Tribunal No. F20-11164 ________________

Robert L. Caleb, Petitioner,

vs.

The State of Florida, Respondent.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction – Petition for Belated Appeal.

Robert L. Caleb, in proper person.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Sandra Lipman, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before FERNANDEZ, LINDSEY, and MILLER, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Petition denied. See Hendrix v. Pingree, 381 So. 2d 334, 335 (Fla. 1st

DCA 1980) (“Petitioner raises issues which may properly be resolved upon

a direct appeal which is now pending; such issues are not presently

reviewable by way of habeas proceedings.”); McGuire v. Cochran, 135 So.

2d 226, 227 (Fla. 1961) (“A habeas corpus proceeding cannot be employed

as a substitute for relief by appeal.”).