THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
v.
LORNIA MORRIS, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1989-02-07
No. 88-1307
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and COPE, JJ.
538 So. 2d 514 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1989) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court held that the defendant's motion for post-conviction relief was time-barred and unavailable under the rules, and the grounds for relief were foreclosed by prior case law.


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The defendant pleaded no contest to a drug charge and later moved for post-conviction relief, alleging she was not advised of potential immigration co…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The state appeals an order under Rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, which granted Morris’ motion for post-conviction relief. We reverse.

Morris moved to vacate her 1983 no contest plea to a charge of violation of section 893.13(1)(a), Florida Statutes (1981).1 As a procedural matter her Rule 3.850 motion is time-barred, and Rule 3.850 was unavailable to her in any event, as she was not “in custody under sentence of a court,” id., or under supervision, at the time her motion was brought. State v. Barber, 301 So. 2d 7, 10 (Fla.1974); see also Henzel v. State, 390 So. 2d 397 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980), review denied, 399 So. 2d 1143 (Fla.1981). In the event any further application for relief is made below, we note Morris’ principal ground for relief, that she was not advised of potential immigration law consequences of her plea, is foreclosed by State v. Ginebra, 511 So. 2d 960 (Fla.1987).

The order under Rule 3.850 is reversed.

. The arrest affidavit alleged possession of thirty-six pounds of marijuana in appellee’s luggage, searched pursuant to consent at Miami International Airport.


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    …sider appellant’s petition” because he had been released from custody prior to the date on which he filed his post-conviction motion and his present incarceration in another state was not affected by the Florida conviction. See also State v. Morris, 538 So. 2d 514 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1989). The United States Supreme Court’s construction of the federal habeas corpus statute is consistent with the view taken by this court. In Carafas v. LaVallee, 391 U.S. 234, 239, 88 S.Ct. 1556, 1560, 20 L.Ed.2d 554, 559 (1968), th…
  • …PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Thompson v. State, 582 So. 2d 749 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991); State v. Morris, 538 So. 2d 514 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850.…

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