Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 24, 2008No. SC07-668PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

974 So.2d 363 (2008)

Charles JOHNSON, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. SC07-668.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 24, 2008.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.

2Per curiam

Petitioner Charles Johnson has filed a pro se petition for a writ of mandamus seeking relief from an allegedly illegal sentence. Because Johnson is represented by court-appointed counsel in a pending appeal involving the same conviction and sentence, we dismiss the petition as unauthorized. We also take this opportunity to clarify that the rule we announced in Logan v. State, 846 So.2d 472…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Concurrence.

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Logan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  2. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005

4Cited by22 opinions

  1. Sheppard v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2009
  2. Loor v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  3. Baker v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  4. Benjamin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  5. Benjamin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010

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