Howard v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (Polk County)

UMNIIDTEDDL ES TDAISTTERS IDCITS TORFI FCLTO CROIDURAT TAMPA DIVISION BURLEY A. HOWARD, Applicant, v. CASE NO. 8:22-cv-1678-SDM-TGW SECRETARY, Department of Corrections, Respondent. ____________________________________/ ORDER Howard applies under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for the writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 1) and challenges his convictions for burglary of a dwelling, felony petit theft, and criminal mischief, for which he is imprisoned for fifteen years. Numerous exhibits (“Respondent’s Exhibit __”) support the response. (Doc. 10-2) The respondent concedes that the application is timely but argues that…