Princelin Joseph v. the State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMarch 25, 2020
Docket3D19-2097
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed March 25, 2020.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D19-2097
Lower Tribunal No. 02-7910
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Princelin Joseph,
Petitioner,
vs.
The State of Florida,
Respondent.
A Case of Original Jurisdiction – Habeas Corpus.
Princelin Joseph, in proper person.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney
General, for respondent.
Before EMAS, C.J., and FERNANDEZ and LOGUE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
We deny the petition for writ of habeas corpus. See Knight v. State, 286 So.
3d 147 (Fla. 2019) (holding that jury pardon doctrine cannot serve as predicate for
fundamental error arising from an erroneous jury instruction for a lesser-included
offense one step removed from offense of conviction; receding from Griffin v. State,
160 So. 3d 63 (Fla. 2015), Williams v. State, 123 So. 3d 23 (Fla. 2013), Haygood v.
State, 109 So. 3d 735 (Fla. 2013), and State v. Montgomery, 39 So. 3d 252 (Fla.
2010)).
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