Legal Opinion

Marvin C. Gill v. Julie Jones, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, and P. Skipper, Warden, Okeechobee Correctional Institutional

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 1, 2016No. 4D15-3200PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtConner, J.

Marvin Gill appeals the trial court’s order transferring his filing, styled as a petition for habeas corpus, from Okeechobee County, where he is currently incarcerated, to Pasco County, where he was originally sentenced.

In his petition for writ of habeas corpus, Gill argued that he was being illegally detained on double jeopardy grounds, and asked the Okeechobee court to therefore find that his judgment of conviction was void or illegal. Gill asserted that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to try and convict him in a second trial in Pasco County, and that the court violated his right to be…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  2. Alachua Reg. Juv. Detention v. ToSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  3. Collins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  4. Jose M. Rafael v. Michael D. Crews, Secretary, Department of Corrections and Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney GeneralDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. James v. JonesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  2. Cedric R. Hutchinson v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018

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