CHRISTOPHER EUGENE THOMPSON
v.
MAJOR DORIAN KEITH, DIRECTOR, ALACHUA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF THE JAIL

Fla. 1st DCA | 2025-03-05
No. 1D2025-0382
2025 FL 1864 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2025)

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Holding

A petition for writ of habeas corpus must allege that the relief requested would entitle the petitioner to either immediate release or a new trial.


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[1] A petition for writ of habeas corpus will not be granted unless the petitioner alleges that the relief requested would entitle him to either immediate release from custod…

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Facts & Procedural History

Christopher Eugene Thompson filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his detention by the Alachua County Department of the Jail under th…

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Opinion of the Court

March 5, 2025 PER CURIAM.

DENIED. See Brown v. Wainwright, 498 So. 2d 679, 679 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986) (citations omitted) (“[S]ince the petition fails to allege that the relief requested would entitle the petitioner to either an immediate release or a new trial, the writ may not be granted.”); see also Snell v. Junior, 251 So. 3d 273, 275 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (stating that the petitioner had not alleged he could post bond but for the hold and denying the habeas corpus petition). BILBREY, M.K. THOMAS, and LONG, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.


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