AMBROSE CALVIN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2025-09-10
No. 2025-2027
Alijewicz, J., Kuntz, C.J., May, J., Gerber, J.
2025 FL 7906 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2025)

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Holding

A change in law established by recent Supreme Court precedent does not apply retroactively to cases on collateral review.


Headnotes

[1] A change in law established by recent Supreme Court precedent does not apply retroactively to cases on collateral review under rule 3.800.

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Ambrose Calvin, proceeding pro se, appealed the denial of his rule 3.800 motion in a criminal case from Palm Beach County.…

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Opinion of the Court
Kuntz

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

AMBROSE CALVIN, Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-2027

[September 10, 2025]

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800 motion from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Sara Alijewicz, Judge; L.T. Case No. 50-2013-CF-010201-DXXX-WB.

Ambrose Calvin, Homestead, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Maye v. State, 368 So. 3d 531, 532 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023), review granted, No. SC2023-1184, 2024 WL 1796831 (Fla. Apr. 25, 2024); Wainwright v. State, 411 So. 3d 392 (Fla. 2025) (even if Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024), constitutes a change of law, it does not apply retroactively).

KUNTZ, C.J., MAY and GERBER, JJ., concur.

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