Case Name: Herbert BLOOM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-09-10
Citations: 698 So. 2d 403
Docket Number: No. 96-2379
Parties: Herbert BLOOM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 698
Pages: 403–403

Head Matter:
Herbert BLOOM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-2379.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 10, 1997.
Herbert Bloom, in pro. per.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Sylvie Perez Posner, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before NESBITT, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
As the state properly concedes, defendant was in state custody when he filed the petition for writ of habeas corpus and at all times since filing the petition. The trial court, therefore, had jurisdiction to consider the petition on the merits and erred in striking the petition based on the court's mistaken conclusion that defendant was in federal custody. See Jacobs v. State, 687 So.2d 24 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996). We reverse the order and remand the cause for consideration on the merits.
Reversed and remanded.