STOKES v. STATE

No. 3D08-2109.

3 So.3d 425 (2009)

Anthony J. STOKES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Stokes, in proper person.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Lunar Claire Alvey, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before WELLS, SHEPHERD, and SUAREZ, JJ.


WELLS, J.

Anthony J. Stokes appeals a final order denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Because we find that the Eleventh Judicial Circuit lacked jurisdiction to consider the claim raised in Stokes' habeas petition, we affirm the denial without prejudice for Stokes to seek appropriate relief in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit.

As this Court explained in Brinson v. State, 988 So.2d 665, 665-66 (Fla. 3d DCA...

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