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Hickman v. Florida Parole Com'n

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Feb 3, 1999
724 So. 2d 197 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Summary

redesignating appeals from the denials of petitions for writ of habeas corpus as petitions for writ of certiorari

Summary of this case from Bentley v. State

Opinion

No. 98-2355

February 3, 1999.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Okeechobee County; Dwight L. Geiger, Judge; L.T. No. Case No. 97-729CA.

John C. Hickman, Okeechobee, pro se.

Mark J. Hiers, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee-Florida Parole Commission.


John C. Hickman filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court, challenging a decision of the Florida Parole Commission to revoke his conditional release. The circuit court denied the petition and he appealed. We redesignate the appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari, see Sheley v. Florida Parole Comm'n, 720 So.2d 216, 23 Fla. L. Weekly S556 (Fla. 1998), treat his initial brief as his petition and the commission's answer brief as the response, and deny the petition.

POLEN, FARMER, JJ., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., JR., Senior Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Hickman v. Florida Parole Com'n

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Feb 3, 1999
724 So. 2d 197 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

redesignating appeals from the denials of petitions for writ of habeas corpus as petitions for writ of certiorari

Summary of this case from Bentley v. State
Case details for

Hickman v. Florida Parole Com'n

Case Details

Full title:John C. HICKMAN, Appellant, v. FLORIDA PAROLE COMMISSION and Florida…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Feb 3, 1999

Citations

724 So. 2d 197 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

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