Townsend v. State

60 So. 3d 1079, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3495, 2011 WL 897519
District Court of Appeal of Florida·Decided March 16, 2011·No. No. 1D11-0802·Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of habeas corpus is hereby denied as successive. See Jenkins v. Wainwright, 322 So.2d 477, 478 (Fla.1975) (stating that once a petitioner seeks relief in a particular court by means of a petition for extraordinary writ, he has picked his forum and is not entitled to a second or third opportunity for the same relief by the same writ).

BENTON, C.J., PADOVANO and WETHERELL, JJ., concur.

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Jenkins v. Wainwright
322 So. 2d 477 (Supreme Court of Florida, 1975)