SECCIA v. WAINWRIGHT

No. BF-98.

487 So.2d 1156 (1986)

Richard SECCIA, Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Seccia, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Kenneth McLaughlin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

Seccia appeals from a final order dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that it was not filed by him, but by a friend on his behalf. We reverse.

This cause was initiated by the filing of a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court for the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida. Although this petition sought relief for Seccia, a Florida prison inmate, it was signed and apparently prepared by a fellow inmate...

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