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GOODMAN v. STATE

No. 1D07-5869.

988 So.2d 727 (2008)

Clarence GOODMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence L. Goodman, pro se, Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Anne C. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

BARFIELD, J.

The petition for writ of habeas corpus, which sought postconviction relief on claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, should have been treated as a motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 and should have been considered on its merits. Houghtaling v. State, 670 So.2d 1019 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).

The order striking the petition for lack of jurisdiction is therefore...

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