SEAIN C. HULL, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Moore v. State, 820 So. 2d 199 (Fla. 2002)
  …trial court is in the best position to weigh the equities involved and, given these facts, it was clearly within the court’s discretion to refuse to entertain any more requests for extensions pertaining to the public records issue. See Ayo v. State, 708 So. 2d 692 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998) (holding that absent an abuse of discretion, a'trial court’s decision to permit or refuse to allow an amendment to a 3.850 motion will not be disturbed on appeal). Lastly, Moore claims that defense counsel was ineffective for fa…
• Mitchell v. State, 818 So. 2d 696 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)
  …urt reached the correct result, although not for that reason. A rule 3.850 motion is [*697] timely if filed within two years and thirty days of a judgment and sentence when there has been no direct appeal, as occurred in this case. See Ayo v. State, 708 So. 2d 692 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998). Mitchell was sentenced on July 16, 1999, and this motion was filed on August 8, 2001. However, Mitchell filed a prior motion pursuant to rule 3.800, in which he asserted that his sentence exceeded the statutory maximum and the…
• Hampton v. State, 837 So. 2d 611 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
  …ey to the commencement of the running of the two year time limit. In Hampton’s case, since he took no appeal, his judgment and sentence became final thirty days after they were rendered; i.e., the time his appellate rights expired. See Ayo v. State, 708 So. 2d 692 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998); Davis v. State, 687 So. 2d 292 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997). See also Mitchell v. State, 818 So. 2d 696 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). Hampton thus had until August 23, 2002, in which to file his motion. Since he filed it on August 19, 2002, it wa…

Authorities Cited

• O'Brien v. State, 689 So. 2d 336 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)
• Bradley v. State, 703 So. 2d 1176 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)
• Penn v. State, 688 So. 2d 450 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)