KEITH ALAN ERSKINE
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 6th DCA | 2026-09-04
No. 2025-0473
Pincket, J., Stargel, J., Wozniak, J., Smith, J.
2026 FL 11602 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2026)

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Holding

Apprendi-type claims are not properly raised in a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion, and any retroactivity analysis does not support relief.


Headnotes

[1] Apprendi-type claims challenging the constitutional validity of sentencing enhancements are not properly raised in a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion.

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Keith Alan Erskine appealed from a circuit court decision in a criminal case from Polk County. The appeal involved a challenge to a conviction or sent…

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Opinion of the Court

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 6D2025-0473 Lower Tribunal No. 2002-CF-001999

KEITH ALAN ERSKINE, Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Polk County. Michelle O. Pincket, Judge.

September 4, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Wainwright v. State, 411 So. 3d 392, 400 (Fla. 2025) ("Erlinger is not a development of fundamental significance under our existing retroactivity test."), cert. denied sub nom. 145 S. Ct. 2789 (2025); Maye v. State, 51 Fla. L. Weekly S116, *4 (Fla. May 14, 2026) (holding that Apprendi-type claims are no longer properly raised in a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion), reh'g denied, No. SC2023-1184, 2026 WL 2243835 (Fla. Aug. 4, 2026).

STARGEL, WOZNIAK and SMITH, JJ., concur.

Keith Alan Erskine, Cross City, pro se.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marilyn Frances Muir, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


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