MELNIK v. STATE

No. 4D11-1965.

87 So.3d 1255 (2012)

Ronald MELNIK, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Bogenschutz of Bogenschutz, Dutko & Kroll, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane F. Medley , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


GERBER, J.

The defendant challenges the circuit court's order denying bond. The defendant has filed that challenge as an appeal from a final order. The proper vehicle in which to have filed that challenge was as a petition for writ of habeas corpus. See Simeus v. Rambosk, ___ So.3d ___, 2011 WL 3503504 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011) ("A petition for writ of habeas corpus is the proper vehicle to challenge an order of pretrial detention.") (citations omitted). We treat...

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