RAKIM LAMAR BLOUNT
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2024-11-26
No. 2023-3118
Recksiedler, J., Jay, J., Boatwright, J., MacIver, J.
2024 FL 13314 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2024)

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Holding

An appeal must be dismissed or affirmed summarily when it does not present a legally dispositive issue expressly reserved for appellate review.


Headnotes

[1] An appellate court may summarily affirm when the appeal does not present a legally dispositive issue expressly reserved for appellate review.

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Key Quotes

“requiring summary affirmance when appeal does not present legally dispositive issue expressly reserved for appellate review”

The court cited Boyd v. State, 336 So. 3d 838 (Fla. 5th DCA 2022) for the standard governing summary affirmance.

Facts & Procedural History

Rakim Lamar Blount appealed a judgment from the Circuit Court for Seminole County in a criminal case (Case No. 2022-CF-000985-A). Blount proceeded pro…

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Opinion of the Court
Maciver

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

_____________________________ Case No. 5D2023-3118 LT Case No. 2022-CF-000985-A _____________________________ RAKIM LAMAR BLOUNT, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Seminole County. Jessica J. Recksiedler, Judge. Rakim Lamar Blount, Defuniak Springs, pro se. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Pamela J. Koller, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. November 26, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Boyd v. State, 336 So. 3d 838 (Fla. 5th DCA 2022) (“requiring summary affirmance when appeal does not present legally dispositive issue expressly reserved for appellate review” (citing Leonard v. State, 760 So. 2d 114, 119 (Fla. 2000))). JAY, BOATWRIGHT, and MACIVER, JJ., concur.

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