Goolsby v. State

In the latest of his many appellate filings in his 1996 case, Phillip A. Goolsby has filed a habeas petition, raising an issue of speedy trial, first claimed by him in a habeas petition 12 years, and many pleadings, ago. His issue is successive, as well as untimely and without merit — as shown by the fact that, two years later, he litigated the matter all the way up to the United States Supreme Court. Goolsby v. State, 860 So.2d 991 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003), cert. denied, 542 U.S. 925, 124 S.Ct. 2887, 159 L.Ed.2d 785 (2004), review dismissed, 898 So.2d 937 (Fla.2005).

We conclude that Goolsby has…