JAMES LEE RICHARDSON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
JAMES LEE RICHARDSON
STATE OF FLORIDA
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2020)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Mr. Richardson seeks habeas relief to correct what he considers to be this court’s erroneous disposition of his postconviction appeal in an earlier case. Habeas relief is not available to provide an alternative route for rehearing. Cf. Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 (requiring that a motion for rehearing be filed within fifteen days of the court’s decision and precluding the filing of more than one motion regarding the decision). The petition effectively is successive and is DISMISSED as unauthorized. Cf. Baker v. State, 878 So. 2d 1236, 1245–46 (Fla. 2004).
LEWIS, TANENBAUM, and LONG, JJ., concur. _____________________________