Terry D. Bright v. Florida Commission on Offender Review

The Appellant, Terry D. Bright, appeals the decision of the First Judicial Circuit Court in Santa Rosa County to transfer his petition for writ of habeas corpus to the First Judicial Circuit Court in Escambia County. We agree that the Santa Rosa County Court had the proper jurisdiction to review the petition.

The trial court transferred the petition in this case after finding that the Appellant was attacking the legality of his original classification as a habitual felony offender. See Coakley v. State, 43 So.3d 790 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) (finding that the trial court that imposed the sentence…