Opinion
CASE NO.: SC14-522 Lower Tribunal No.: 5D14-370 Lower Tribunal No.: 48-2008-CF-007360-0
05-29-2014
NEWTON MCLEOD Petitioner(s) v. STATE OF FLORIDA Respondent(s)
The petition for writ of mandamus is hereby denied as successive. See Jenkins v. Wainwright, 322 So. 2d 477, 478 (Fla. 1975) (declaring that once a petitioner seeks relief in a particular court by means of a petition for extraordinary writ, he has picked his forum and is not entitled to a second or third opportunity for the same relief by the same writ in a different court). PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, and PERRY, JJ., concur. A True Copy
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John A. Tomasino
Clerk, Supreme Court
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HON. PAMELA JO BONDI
NEWTON W. MCLEOD
HON. EDDIE FERNANDEZ, CLERK
HON. PAMELA R. MASTERS, CLERK