3,651 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 2,273 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · see the citation graph · browse and sort
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Lamonte Arrington sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his Florida conviction for attempted first-degree murder, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct. The district court denied the petition, finding that Arrington's tr
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-01-30
The court held that the petitioner's claims were procedurally barred due to failure to exhaust state remedies and properly present federal issues, and that even if considered on the merits, the claims lacked merit under AEDPA's deferential standard.
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The court held that the petitioner's motion for relief under Rule 60(b) was untimely and that the submitted evidence did not demonstrate actual innocence.
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The federal court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding that the state court's decisions were neither contrary to nor an unreasonable application of federal law and were not based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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The court held that Petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were denied on the merits, and one subclaim was dismissed as unexhausted and procedurally barred.
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The court held that the state court's adjudication of the petitioner's claims was neither contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of the facts.
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The court held that the petitioner's federal habeas corpus petition was untimely filed under the AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations, and equitable tolling was not warranted.
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The court held that the petitioner's federal habeas corpus petition is time-barred under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) because it was filed more than one year after the finalization of his state court conviction and subsequent appeals.
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The court held that the petitioner's federal habeas petition was timely filed because the statute of limitations reset when the order revoking probation and the subsequent sentence became final after the conclusion of direct review.
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The court held that the petitioner procedurally defaulted his federal due process claim and failed to establish cause and prejudice to overcome the default, and thus denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-01-12
The court held that the petitioner's claims for procedural due process violations, equal protection violations, and compassionate release were without merit and denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
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Fla.·
2024-01-11
An inmate who demonstrates a pattern of vexatious filing of meritless pro se petitions may be sanctioned by barring future filings related to the underlying case unless represented by counsel.
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The court held that the petitioner's federal habeas petition was time-barred under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and denied his claims for equitable tolling and actual innocence.
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Fla. 5th DCA·
2023-12-21
A habeas corpus petition that appears to be abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous may be dismissed, and the petitioner may be warned of potential sanctions for future similar filings.
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Fla. 5th DCA·
2023-12-21
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Fla. 1st DCA·
2023-12-13
The petition for writ of habeas corpus was dismissed.
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Wesley Fox was convicted of robbing a PNC Bank in Florida while armed with a firearm and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment with a mandatory ten-year minimum. Fox's federal habeas petition challenging his conviction on multiple grounds—including denial of a trial continuance,
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Eric Eugene Fuller, an inmate convicted of second-degree murder in Florida state court in 2014, challenged his conviction through federal habeas corpus, raising four grounds alleging his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. The District Court rejected all claims, findin
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-11-30
Danny Hammond, an inmate convicted in 2015 of robbery with a weapon and sentenced to thirty years in prison, filed a federal habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction on seven grounds, primarily alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The district court dismisse
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The court held that the petitioner's federal habeas petition was untimely because it was filed outside the one-year statute of limitations, and no tolling events applied to make it timely.
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Fla. 1st DCA·
2023-11-22
The petition for writ of habeas corpus was dismissed.
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Federal habeas relief is denied because the state court's adjudication of the ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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Federal habeas relief is denied because the state court's rejection of the ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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A federal court cannot grant habeas corpus relief for a state prisoner's claim that the prison's calculation of his release date violates state law or certain federal constitutional provisions not applicable to release date calculations.
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Tommy Lee Jones, convicted of fatally stabbing his wife Juanita Jones nine times in July 2013, sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising ten grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel and other constitutional claims. The court denied his petition, finding tha
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Stephen Jerome Budd, a former teacher convicted of sexual battery and molestation of two students, filed a federal habeas petition challenging his conviction and life sentence. The court dismissed the petition in part for failure to exhaust state remedies and denied all remaining
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The court held that a claim based solely on the retroactive application of an amended state statute under state law is not cognizable on federal habeas corpus review.
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The court held that the federal habeas petition was untimely filed under AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations, and thus dismissed the petition.
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Fla.·
2023-10-26
A state prisoner who files a pattern of repetitive, meritless pro se petitions may be sanctioned by barring future filings related to the underlying case unless represented by a Florida Bar member.
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Fla.·
2023-10-26
A state prisoner who has filed over 300 meritless pro se petitions raising repetitive arguments previously rejected by the court has abused the court's judicial resources and may be sanctioned by requiring all future filings to be signed by a member of the Florida Bar.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-10-26
The petition for writ of habeas corpus is dismissed without prejudice because the petitioner failed to exhaust state remedies and the Younger abstention doctrine applies.
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Fla. 1st DCA·
2023-10-18
The appellate court affirmed the lower court's denial of a habeas corpus petition. The court found that habeas corpus is not an appropriate vehicle for raising issues that were or could have been raised on direct appeal, and the petition was untimely.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-10-16
Noni Jamil Stinson, a Florida inmate, sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging her 2013 state court conviction for manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband. The court denied her amended petition, which raised seven grounds for relief centered on c
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The court held that the petition for writ of habeas corpus must be dismissed because it fails to state a claim for relief and the petitioner has not exhausted state court remedies.
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Fla. 5th DCA·
2023-10-13
A second habeas corpus petition arising from the same underlying conviction must be denied and the petitioner cautioned against further frivolous filings on pain of sanctions.
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The court held that the petitioner's habeas corpus petition was time-barred under AEDPA and that the circumstances presented did not warrant equitable tolling.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-10-06
The court held that the petitioner's claims were either procedurally defaulted or without merit under AEDPA deference, and thus denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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The court held that the petitioner's habeas corpus petition was untimely filed and dismissed it with prejudice, denying a certificate of appealability.
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The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed as time-barred because it was filed outside the one-year limitation period established by AEDPA, and the petitioner failed to establish entitlement to equitable tolling.
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The court held that the state court's denial of the petitioner's claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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Fla. 5th DCA·
2023-09-26
The State failed to establish good cause for extending a juvenile's secure detention beyond the initial 21-day period because it presented no competent evidence that additional prosecution time was needed and offered only conclusory assertions, without evidentiary support, that p
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A federal court rejected Jonas Tramell Griffin's habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction for robbery with a firearm and other felonies related to a 2014 Family Dollar store robbery in Florida. The court found that Griffin failed to exhaust one claim, and all remaining c
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Dalvin Denson, convicted in 2012 in Duval County, Florida of attempted first-degree felony murder and related crimes, petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief claiming his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to locate a non-testifying witness, failing to object to hearsa
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Vernord Lavon Bright, a 19-year-old convicted of sexual battery and sexual battery with a deadly weapon, filed a federal habeas petition challenging his life sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising nine grounds including claims of excluded evidence, judicial bias, ineffective as
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Zeigler, a Florida prisoner convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a two-year-old child, sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction on grounds of insufficient evidence, trial court errors, and ineffective assistance of counsel. The di
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Fla. 2d DCA·
2023-09-22
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-09-22
The court denied the Petitioner's motion to alter or amend the judgment and his request for a certificate of appealability.
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Fla. 2d DCA·
2023-09-22
A habeas corpus petition filed in circuit court that alleges entitlement to immediate release must be filed in the circuit court of the county where the prisoner is detained, not the county where he was convicted.
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The court held that a petitioner who elects to represent himself cannot later claim ineffective assistance of counsel, and that the underlying claim of ineffective trial counsel was meritless.