WILLIAMS v. STATE (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Kamal WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D25-1286

Decided: August 20, 2025

Before SCALES, C.J., and GORDO, and GOODEN, JJ.

Kamal Williams, in proper person. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Breedlove v. Singletary, 595 So. 2d 8, 10 (Fla. 1992) (“Habeas corpus is not a second appeal and cannot be used to litigate or relitigate issues which could have been, should have been, or were raised on direct appeal.”); White v. Dugger, 511 So. 2d 554, 555 (Fla. 1987) (“[H]abeas corpus is not a vehicle for obtaining additional appeals of issues which were raised, or should have been raised, on direct appeal or which were waived at trial or which could have, should have, or have been, raised in rule 3.850 proceedings.”).

PER CURIAM.

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