Leonardo T. Morales v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
HabeasCorpus
Whether the Florida Supreme Court had subject matter jurisdiction to entertain Petitioner's Writ of Habeas Corpus despite applying Res Judicata
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Florida Supreme Court had subject matter jurisdiction to entertain | Petitioner’s Writ of Habeas Corpus as the issue was one of law instead it applied Res. Judicata to deny the Writ conflicting with relevant decisions of this court. See, Sanders v. United States, 373 U.S. 1, 7-8, 83 S. Ct. 1068, 10 L. Ed. 2d 148 (1963); Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 93 S. Ct. 1827 (1973); Schlup v. Delo, | 513 U.S. 298, 317-319, 115 S. Ct. 851, 863 (1995), and Felker v. Turpin, 518 U.S. | 651, 664-665, 116 S. Ct. 2333, 135 L. Ed. 2d 827 (1996). Because the previous | decision was not on its merits. | “Your Petitioner was sentenced to what can be considered tantamount to a , sentence under the wrong statutes in violation of due process. Hicks v. Oklahoma, | 447 US. 343, 346, 65 L. Ed 2d 175, 100 S. Ct. 2227 (1980).” This court shall grant the petition under the “Fundamental miscarriage of justice exception”; | McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383, 392, 133 S. Ct. 1924, 185 L. Ed. 2d 1019 | (2013); Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390, 404, 113 S. Ct. 853, 122 L. Ed. 2d 203 | (1993). , | | | It