Case Name: Kuldip Singh MUNDI, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-02-01
Citations: 556 So. 2d 480
Docket Number: No. 89-2882
Parties: Kuldip Singh MUNDI, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 556
Pages: 480–480

Head Matter:
Kuldip Singh MUNDI, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 89-2882.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 1, 1990.
Bradley R. Stark and Ira N. Loewy, Miami, for petitioner.
Janet Reno, State Atty., and- Paul Men-delson, Gerardo M. Simms and Francis J. Merceret, Asst. State Attys., for respondent.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The petitioner requests this court to enter a writ of mandamus to direct the State to deliver him to federal custody. We treat the request as a petition for writ of habeas corpus, see Fla.R.App.P. 9.040(c), and grant the petition.
Kuldip Singh Mundi was charged with several counts relating to a ticket exchange scheme and was brought to Miami from federal custody pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act. Mundi filed a Sworn Motion to Dismiss which was granted by the trial court. The State appealed the dismissal.
The State charges against Mundi have been dismissed and thus there is no authority for the State to continue to hold Mundi. See Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(e)(2). Therefore, we grant Mundi's Petition for Writ of Ha-beas Corpus filed in connection with the State's detention of the petitioner, which said detention stems from the State's criminal charges which have now been dismissed. Naturally, any release of the petitioner, pursuant to Rule 9.140(e)(2) of the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, is subject to the Federal detainer that is currently lodged against the petitioner.
Petition for writ of habeas corpus granted.