Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 25, 2006No. 5D06-2286PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
We treat the petition for certiorari seeking review of the denial of a habeas corpus petition in the circuit court as an appeal and affirm. Williams, convicted of first-degree murder in 1994, cannot utilize a habeas corpus petition as a substitute for a timely motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. See Richardson v. *1148State, 918 So.2d 999, 1003-04 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006).
AFFIRMED.
PALMER, ORFINGER and LAWSON, JJ., concur.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Richardson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
3Cited by1 opinion
- Leroy Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016