DERRICK WEST
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2025-07-09
No. 2025-0803
Fein, J., Kuntz, C.J., Damoorgian, J., Klingensmith, J.
2025 FL 5815 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2025)

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Holding

A rule 3.800 motion challenging the legality of a sentence must satisfy the requirements established in Wainwright v. State.


Facts & Procedural History

Derrick West filed a rule 3.800 motion in the Circuit Court for Broward County challenging his sentence in a case filed in 1998. The trial court denie…

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Opinion of the Court
Kuntz

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

DERRICK WEST, Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-0803

[July 9, 2025]

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Martin S. Fein, Judge; L.T. Case No. 98-012113CF10B.

Derrick West, South Bay, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Wainwright v. State, No. SC2025-0708, 2025 WL 1561151, *4-6 (Fla. June 3, 2025).

KUNTZ, C.J., DAMOORGIAN and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.

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