JOSEPH EVANS, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The court held that while the summary denial of the postconviction motion was improper, the motion itself was untimely and lacked merit.
Appellant filed a rule 3.850 motion in April 2014, years after entering a plea in 2007. The trial judge denied the motion without explanation, respons…
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We affirm the summary denial of appellant’s untimely rule 3.850 motion. Appellant entered a plea in 2007 and filed this motion in April 2014. The trial judge denied the motion without ordering a State response, without record attachments, and without providing any explanation.
The summary denial of a postconviction motion in this fashion is improper, see Shea v. State, 97 So.3d 861, 862 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), and we condemn the practice.
However, it is clear from the face of the motion and the documents attached by appellant that his claim was untimely. The motion did not establish any newly discovered fact that could not have been ascertained with the exercise of due diligence. Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850(b)(1). Furthermore, the motion lacked merit as appellant did *1006not establish that his trial counsel suffered from any actual conflict of interest that adversely impacted counsel’s performance. See Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335, 100 S.Ct. 1708, 64 L.Ed.2d 333 (1980).
Affirmed.
CIKLIN, C.J., LEVINE and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.
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- Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (U.S. 1980)
- Shea v. State, 97 So. 3d 861 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012)