Legal Opinion
Curry v. Hadi
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 29, 2005No. 2D03-5540PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FULMER, Judge.
John F. Curry, a detainee under the Jimmy Ryce Act,1 appeals from the dismissal of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Although we conclude that the trial court erred in dismissing the petition for the reasons given in its order, we nevertheless affirm because the petition would have been properly denied had the trial court addressed the substance of the claims raised.
The trial court rested its dismissal on the rationale that the petition did not comply with section 394.9215, Florida Statutes (2003), a provision of the Jimmy Ryce Act authorizing a detainee to file a petition…
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