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Baker v. State

Citations

  • 878 So. 2d 1236
  • 29 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 105

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that, for non-capital defendants, state habeas petitions raising claims that may be raised by 3.850 motion are unauthorized
  • holding that the failure to exhaust post-conviction remedies, when it appears that such remedy would be adequate, precludes habeas relief
  • holding that habeas corpus may not be used as a substitute for an otherwise procedurally-barred or time-barred motion for postconviction relief pursuant to rule 3.850
  • holding that habeas corpus is not a means to litigate issues that could have or should have been raised on direct appeal or in a timely postconviction motion
  • holding that a limit on successive claims is necessary to give due weight to the finality and the presumption of legality of a final judgment and to restore the public's confidence in our criminal system of justice
  • reiterating that habeas corpus cannot be used to litigate issues that could have been or were raised on direct appeal or in postconviction motions

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Judges: Per Curiam

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Cites

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