Outcome n/a Florida 2011

Corey Jermaine TOWNSEND, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent

Florida District Court of Appeal · March 16, 2011 · Docket No. 1D11-0802

60 So. 3d 1079

Syllabus

Corey Jermaine TOWNSEND, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 1D11-0802. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. March 16, 2011. Rehearing Denied May 10, 2011. Corey Jermaine Townsend, pro se, Petitioner. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Full Opinion (420 characters)

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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