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LIGHTNER v. STATE

No. 3D20-0880.

306 So.3d 1019 (2020)

Yancey Charles LIGHTNER, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed August 5, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yancey Charles Lightner, in proper person.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Sandra Lipman , Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before FERNANDEZ, LINDSEY, and MILLER, JJ.

Pro se Petitioner Yancey C. Lightner seeks a writ of habeas corpus based on manifest injustice. We grant the State's motion to dismiss because Petitioner is simultaneously being represented by counsel in another appeal pending before this Court. Even if he were not, the petition fails on the merits.

I. BACKGROUND

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