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840 So. 2d 439

Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2003-03-21

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently September 2015

4 state decisions

Relies on 812 So. 2d 401 - Amendment to Florida Rules of Judicial Administration

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Decided 2003-03-21

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GRIFFIN, J.

¶1Joseph Lawrence Williams [“Williams”] petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking a belated appeal.

¶2Williams entered a no contest plea to the sale, manufacture, or delivery of cocaine and received a ten-year sentence, which conformed to the plea bargain. He appealed, and this court affirmed without opinion. Williams v. State, No. 01-3283, 812 So.2d 432 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).

¶3Now, in this petition, Williams complains that trial counsel did not properly investigate his case and did not properly handle an earlier plea offer of twenty-four months. This is not a belated appeal ha-beas corpus case. If the claim is cognizable at all, it is a matter for post-conviction review under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

¶4WRIT DENIED.

SHARP, W., and SAWAYA, JJ., concur.
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