Opinion ID: 1751020
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Inadequacy of the Faretta Inquiry

Text: CCRC reasserts the same argumentthe trial court conducted an inadequate Faretta inquirythat it presented in Issue I of the postconviction appeal. As this Court has repeatedly stated, habeas corpus petitions cannot be used as a means to seek a second appeal or to litigate issues that could have been or were raised in a postconviction appeal. See Knight v. State, 923 So.2d 387, 395 (Fla.2005) (citing Baker v. State, 878 So.2d 1236, 1241 (Fla. 2004); Parker v. Dugger, 550 So.2d 459, 460 (Fla.1989)). Therefore, this claim is procedurally barred. Furthermore, as discussed in our above analysis of the Faretta inquiry, this claim is also without merit. As a result, this claim is denied.