ELEUTERIO ORTIZ OLIVO
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2025-09-24
No. 2025-1945
White, J., Kuntz, C.J., Gerber, J., Klingensmith, J.
2025 FL 8209 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2025)

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Holding

A change in law established by Erlinger v. United States does not apply retroactively to cases on collateral review.


Headnotes

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

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Facts & Procedural History

Eleuterio Ortiz-Olivo filed a rule 3.800 motion in the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Indian River County. The trial court denied …

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Opinion of the Court
Kuntz

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

ELEUTERIO ORTIZ-OLIVO, Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-1945

[September 24, 2025]

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800 motion from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Indian River County; Rebecca White, Judge; L.T. Case No. 311999CF000886A.

Eleuterio Ortiz-Olivo, Miami, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Wainwright v. State, 2025 WL 1561151 (Fla. 2025), cert. denied sub nom. Wainwright v. Florida, 2025 WL 1621505 (U.S. 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., GERBER and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.

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