Legal Opinion
Brown v. Crosby
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 23, 2005No. 1D05-2242PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
908 So.2d 512 (2005)
Sylvester L. BROWN, Petitioner,
v.
James CROSBY, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent.
No. 1D05-2242.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 23, 2005.
Rehearing Denied August 9, 2005.
Sylvester L. Brown, petitioner, pro se.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.
2Per curiam
Sylvester L. Brown seeks habeas corpus relief, asserting that his life sentence violates the prohibition on sentences of "indefinite imprisonment" found in Article I, Section 17 of the Florida Constitution. We dismiss Brown's petition as unauthorized…
3Cases cited3 opinions
- Baker v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
- Alvarez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- Johnson v. CrosbyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
4Cited by3 opinions
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