WHATLEY, Judge.
The trial court erred in denying Chantay Clark's motion for rehearing of the order denying her petition for writ of habeas corpus. In her motion for rehearing, Clark correctly asserted that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear her petition because she filed it in the wrong circuit. A petition for writ of habeas corpus must be filed in the circuit in which the petitioner is detained. § 79.09, Fla. Stat. (1997); Savage v. State,
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