Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2009

Johnson v. State

Johnson v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 13, 2009 · Palmer, Torpy, Evander
2 So. 3d 1096; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 2911; 2009 WL 347780 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Johnson v. State

Opinion

*1097 PER CURIAM.

Appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the lower court. Although not a model of clarity, it appears that Appellant’s petition is a collateral attack on his judgment and sentence based upon ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court dismissed the petition because it was not filed in the county where Appellant is incarcerated. This was error. Batista v. State, 993 So.2d 93 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). Because we are unable to determine from the limited record whether Appellant’s petition was successive or time barred under rule 3.850, we remand this cause to the lower court for disposition.

REVERSED and REMANDED.

PALMER, C.J., TORPY and EVANDER, JJ., concur.

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