James Lee Richardson vs State of Florida

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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D20-1769 _____________________________ JAMES LEE RICHARDSON, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________ Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus—Original Jurisdiction. November 18, 2020 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. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ James Lee Richardson, pro se, Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent. 2

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