Tavaris MacK v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJuly 9, 2026
Docket3D2025-2447
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed July 9, 2026.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D25-2447
Lower Tribunal Nos. F22-19400, F22-19401
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Tavaris Mack,
Petitioner,
vs.
State of Florida,
Respondent.
A Case of Original Jurisdiction – Prohibition.
Tavaris Mack, in proper person.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and David Llanes, Assistant
Attorney General, for respondent.
Before SCALES, C.J., and MILLER, and BOKOR, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Dismissed. See Bueno v. Bueno de Khawly, 677 So. 2d 3, 4 (Fla. 3d
DCA 1996) (“[P]oints of law adjudicated in a prior appeal are binding in order
to promote stability of judicial decisions and to avoid piecemeal litigation.”)
(quotation omitted); Zuluaga v. State, Dep’t of Corr., 32 So. 3d 674, 676–77
(Fla. 1st DCA 2010) (“Habeas corpus is not a vehicle for obtaining additional
appeals of issues which were raised or should have been raised on direct
appeal, or which could have been, should have been, or were raised in post-
conviction proceedings.”); Mack v. State, 426 So. 3d 655, 655 (Fla. 3d DCA
2026) (“Mack is procedurally barred from raising his claim before us in the
first instance.”); see also State v. S.M., 131 So. 3d 780, 784 (Fla. 2013) (“A
petition for a writ of habeas corpus must be denied when the petitioner fails
to provide the district court with an adequate record to review the petition.”).
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