Opinion
No. 3D19-1539
09-25-2019
Winfred JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Winfred Johnson, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.
Winfred Johnson, in proper person.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SCALES, LINDSEY, and LOBREE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. As motions for post-conviction relief are not substitutes for direct appeal, issues that should have been raised on direct appeal, or were raised on direct appeal are procedurally barred for relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. See Muhammad v. State, 603 So. 2d 488, 489 (Fla. 1992) (holding that defendant's 3.850 claims were barred from relief because "the issue was already raised and rejected on direct appeal .... Issues which either were or could have been litigated at trial and upon direct appeal are not cognizable through collateral attack."); see also Smith v. State, 445 So. 2d 323, 325 (Fla. 1983).