Samuel LOWRY, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
· July 25, 2018 · Docket No. 3D18-1242
252 So. 3d 348
Syllabus
Samuel LOWRY, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 3D18-1242 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Opinion filed July 25, 2018 Samuel Lowry, in proper person Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for respondent. Before ROTHENBERG, C.J., and SUAREZ and SCALES, JJ.
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SUAREZ, J. Samuel Dorsey Lowry seeks a petition for habeas corpus based on ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in his prior appeal from judgment of conviction and sentence. See Lowry v. State, 191 So.3d 472 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016). Lowry's direct appeal became final on May 19, 2016. His current petition was put into the correctional facility mailing on June 11, 2018. Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(c)(4)(B) states that "[a] petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel shall not be filed more than 2 years after the conviction becomes final on direct review unless it alleges under oath with a specific factual basis that the petitioner was affirmatively misled about the results of the appeal by counsel." This petition was filed more than two years after the conviction became final, and Lowry makes no allegation that his counsel affirmatively misled him. We dismiss this petition for habeas corpus as untimely filed. Dismissed. Additionally there is no substantive merit to this petition, as Lowry simply restates issues raised and disposed on direct appeal.
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