Byron J. Tisdol, Etc. v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledAugust 20, 2026
Docket3D2026-0695
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed August 20, 2026.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D26-0695
Lower Tribunal No. F08-36251
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Byron J. Tisdol, etc.,
Petitioner,
vs.
State of Florida,
Respondent.
A Case of Original Jurisdiction–Habeas Corpus.
Ripley Law, PLLC, and Dan Ripley (Pinellas Park), for petitioner.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Daihana Chang, Assistant
Attorney General, for respondent.
Before SCALES, C.J., and MILLER and GOODEN, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Petition denied. See Tisdol v. State, 878 So. 2d 428 (Fla. 3d DCA
2004), review dismissed, SC04-1811 (Fla. Sept. 17, 2004); Baker v. State,
878 So. 2d 1236, 1242 (Fla. 2004) (“[W]ith limited exceptions, habeas corpus
relief is not available to obtain collateral postconviction relief because most
claims can be raised by motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal
Procedure 3.850.”); Mills v. Dugger, 559 So. 2d 578, 579 (Fla. 1990)
(“Habeas corpus is not to be used for additional appeals of issues that could
have been, should have been, or were raised on appeal or in other
postconviction motions.”); see also Parker v. State, 873 So. 2d 270, 278 (Fla.
2004) (“[T]he law of the case doctrine is narrower in application in that it bars
consideration only of those legal issues that were actually considered and
decided in a former appeal . . . .” (quoting Fla. Dep’t of Transp. v. Juliano,
801 So. 2d 101, 107 (Fla. 2001))).
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