Townsend v. State

60 So. 3d 1079, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3495, 2011 WL 897519
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedMarch 16, 2011
DocketNo. 1D11-0802
StatusPublished

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Townsend v. State, 60 So. 3d 1079, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3495, 2011 WL 897519 (Fla. Ct. App. 2011).

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)

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