Rojas v. State

Appellant, Nestor Rojas, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus which alleged Tomoka Correctional Facility treated Appellant cruelly and inhumanly. Appellant argues the trial court erred by dismissing the petition as moot when Appellant was transferred to another correctional institution.

*819Appellant was convicted of various sex offenses in Citrus County and was sentenced to sixty months incarceration. Appellant filled a habeas petition with the Florida Supreme Court, which referred the matter to the Volusia County Circuit Court. The Florida Department of…