Case Name: Raul Emilio RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-03-16
Citations: 895 So. 2d 1283
Docket Number: No. 3D05-219
Parties: Raul Emilio RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: Before GERSTEN, FLETCHER and SUAREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 895
Pages: 1283–1284

Head Matter:
Raul Emilio RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 3D05-219.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 16, 2005.
Raul Emilio Rodriguez, in proper person.
Charles J. Crist, Jr. Attorney General, for respondent.
Before GERSTEN, FLETCHER and SUAREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Raul Emilio Rodriguez ("Rodriguez"), filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. Without addressing the merits, we deny Rodriguez's petition because he filed it more than two years after his conviction became final and the petition does not contain a sworn statement alleging he was misled about the results of the appeal by counsel. Therefore, Rodriguez does not avoid the two year time bar of Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(c)(4)(B). See McCray v. State, 699 So.2d 1366 (Fla.1997).