Legal Opinion

Dinkins v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 26, 2014No. 4D13-1388Published

1Per curiam

We summarily affirm the circuit court’s denial of appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus which attempted to challenge his 1999 conviction in the underlying case. The post-conviction challenge was untimely, successive, and proeedurally barred. The trial court properly treated the petition as a rule 3.860 motion for post-conviction relief and then rejected the claims. Baker v. State, 878 So.2d 1236 (Fla.2004).

Appellant attempted to raise the procedurally barred claims that he was convicted of an uncharged offense through a defective information, that the trial court lacked subject…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Baker v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
  2. State v. SpencerSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  3. Steed v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  4. Dinkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  5. Dinkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

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