WILLIAM PERRY WALTON, JR.
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief that is legally insufficient must be denied, regardless of whether the trial court also erred in finding it untimely.
[1] A defendant has two years from the date of the circuit court's mandate on appeal in which to file a rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief.
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
WILLIAM PERRY WALTON, JR., Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
No. 4D21-139
[June 23, 2021]
Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the County Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Martin County; Darren Steele, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 432017MM001683AXMX and 432020AP000012AXMX.
William Perry Walton, Jr., Jasper, pro se.
No appearance required for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the order denying appellant’s motion for postconviction relief because it was legally insufficient. We do note that the court erred in determining that it was untimely, as appellant had two years from the date of the circuit court’s mandate on appellant’s appeal in which to file his motion for relief. See Huff v. State, 569 So. 2d 1247, 1250–51 (Fla. 1990); Ghent v. State, 27 So. 3d 121, 123 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010).
Affirmed.
WARNER, GERBER and KUNTZ, JJ., concur.
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