Case Name: Jerald GIPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-06-04
Citations: 983 So. 2d 678
Docket Number: Nos. 3D08-1057, 3D08-1058
Parties: Jerald GIPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, WELLS and LAGOA, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 983
Pages: 678–679

Head Matter:
Jerald GIPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 3D08-1057, 3D08-1058.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 4, 2008.
Jerald Gipson, in proper person. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before COPE, WELLS and LAGOA, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.850(b) (imposing a two-year time limit to file a motion for postconviction relief after the judgment and sentence become final in a non-capital case); Griffin v. State, 976 So.2d 107, 108 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008) (noting that "[a] petition for habeas corpus cannot substitute for a rule 3.850 motion, nor may it be used to, circumvent a rule 3.850 motion barred by the two-year limitations period or the proscription against successive motions") (citation omitted).