McClinton v. McNeil

ORDER 2

TIMOTHY J. CORRIGAN, District Judge.

I. Status

Petitioner Edward McClinton, an inmate of the Florida penal system proceeding pro se, initiated this action by filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (hereinafter Petition) (Doc. # 1) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges a 2001 state court (Orange County, Florida) judgment of conviction (for which he received a thirty year sentence) for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on the following grounds: (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal because the State failed to introduce the…