Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2011

Townsend v. State

Townsend v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 16, 2011 · Benton, Padovano, Wetherell
60 So. 3d 1079; 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3495; 2011 WL 897519 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Townsend v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of habeas corpus is hereby denied as successive. See Jenkins v. Wainwright, 322 So.2d 477, 478 (Fla. 1975) (stating that once a petitioner seeks relief in a particular court by means of a petition for extraordinary writ, he has picked his forum and is not entitled to a second or third opportunity for the same relief by the same writ).

BENTON, C.J., PADOVANO and WETHERELL, JJ., concur.

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