BATTIE v. SINGLETARY

No. 98-1243.

718 So.2d 323 (1998)

Keithan Darnell BATTIE, Petitioner, v. Harry SINGLETARY, Secretary of the Florida Dept. of Corrections, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keithan Darnell Battie, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Doquyen T. Nguyen, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before COPE, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.


COPE, Judge.

Keithan Darnell Battie has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, which we treat as a petition for belated appeal under Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.140(j). We deny the petition.

In exchange for waiver of the death penalty, defendant-petitioner Battie pled guilty to one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder. Pursuant to the plea agreement, defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment with a mandatory...

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