Steele v. State

Jonathan R. Steele, an inmate in state custody, filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus.1 For several years, Steele has been unsuccessfully attempting to collaterally attack his conviction and the sentence imposed by the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County, Florida, in State v. Steele, Case No. CR96-CF-3036. In June 1996, Steele was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to seventeen years and six months of imprisonment, to be followed by twenty years under community control.

Since Steele’s conviction and sentence became final, he has filed…