Opinion
No. 1D20-2700
05-06-2021
Mitchell A. BUTLER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Mitchell A. Butler, pro se, Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
Mitchell A. Butler, pro se, Petitioner.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
Per Curiam. The petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed as unauthorized. See Logan v. State , 846 So. 2d 472 (Fla. 2003) (holding that, generally, a defendant has no right to represent himself in an extraordinary writ petition in the appellate court while he is represented by counsel in the criminal case pending in the lower tribunal).
Lewis, Tanenbaum, and Long, JJ., concur.