Mortimer v. State

The petitioner seeks issuance of a writ of habeas corpus and argues that Chapters 97-299 and 98-81 of the Laws of Florida, establishing registration and reporting requirements for sexual offenders, violate the single-subject requirement of the Florida Constitution. See § 943.0435, Fla. Stat. (1998) (providing the sexual offender registration requirements). We dismiss the petition because the petitioner should first raise this issue in the trial court.

In Leichtman v. Singletary, 674 So.2d 889, 892 n. 1 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), this court enumerated the areas for which the remedy of habeas corpus…