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REPLY TO RESPONSE TO PETITION SEEKING TO INVOKE THIS COURT'S ALL WRITS JURISDICTION AND/OR PETITION FOR WRITOF HABEAS CORPUS

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA WAYNE TOMPKINS, Petitioner, v. CASE NO. SC08-2000 BILL McCOLLUM, Attorney General of the State of Florida, and, WALTER A. McNEIL, Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondents.____________________________________/ REPLY TO RESPONSE TO PETITION SEEKING TO INVOKE THIS COURT'S ALL WRITS JURISDICTION AND/OR PETITION FOR WRITOF HABEAS CORPUS The position taken by the State in its response is that "[i]n the instant case, this Court already has ultimate jurisdiction over the instant issues." Response at 2. Accordingly, the State moves that the "petition be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction or otherwise rejected" (Id.). The State?s position only makes sense if it had agreed that the claims contained in the Petition had been properly raised in Mr...continue to full post

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