SWIFT v. STATE (2021)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Joseph T. SWIFT, Appellant(s)/petitioner(s), v. The STATE of Florida, et al., Appellee(s)/respondent(s),

CASE NO.: 3D21-1393

Decided: July 06, 2021

Following review of the pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, it is ordered that said Petition is hereby stricken as unauthorized. See Logan v. State, 846 So. 2d 472 (Fla. 2003); Davis v. State, 789 So. 2d 978, 981 (Fla. 2001) (“The decision to allow a convicted defendant the ability to proceed pro se in appellate proceedings is vested in the sound discretion of the appellate court.․ Also vested in the sound discretion of an appellate court is the decision whether to accept pro se filings.”).

FERNANDEZ, C.J., and LINDSEY and BOKOR, JJ., concur.

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