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BROWN v. CROSBY

No. 1D05-2242.

908 So.2d 512 (2005)

Sylvester L. BROWN, Petitioner, v. James CROSBY, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvester L. Brown, petitioner, pro se.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Sylvester L. Brown seeks habeas corpus relief, asserting that his life sentence violates the prohibition on sentences of "indefinite imprisonment" found in Article I, Section 17 of the Florida Constitution. We dismiss Brown's petition as unauthorized pursuant to Baker v. State, 878 So.2d 1236 (Fla.2004), which reiterates the well-established rule that habeas corpus will not lie as a substitute for a motion for...

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