STEVEN S. MASON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• Trenton Herron v. State, 34 So. 3d 206 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)
  …ot amend the motion within the specified time, the court should enter a final order disposing of all of Mr. Herron’s claims. If Mr. Herron does amend his motion, the court must consider the amendments in its final disposition. See Lawrence v. State, 987 So. 2d 157, 159 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008). Dismissed and remanded. WHATLEY and LaROSE, JJ., Concur.…
• Havens v. State, 27 So. 3d 803 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)
  …the circuit court’s notice to Havens that he had the right to appeal the order was erroneous. We have addressed this anomaly in Christner, id,., and subsequent cases. See, e.g., Koszegi v. State, 993 So. 2d 133 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008); Lawrence v. State, 987 So. 2d 157 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008). This case differs from the situation in Christner because it appears that Havens did file an amended motion, which was ultimately denied. However, the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to consider the amended motion after Havens…
• Cliff Verity v. State, 56 So. 3d 77 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011)
  …to file multiple motions that are denied or dismissed without reaching the merits, each of which results in a separate appeal, the goal of Spera is to limit most defendants to a single postconviction proceeding under rule 3.850. Laurrence v. State, 987 So. 2d 157, 158 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008). Once the defendant has been given the opportunity to amend a facially insufficient claim, the final order on the motion is a disposition on the merits of all claims, even if the defendant’s attempt to amend the claim results…

Authorities Cited

• Decoste v. State, 898 So. 2d 1201 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005)