JASON ARCHIBALD
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2024-11-20
No. 4D2023-2345
2024 FL 13230 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2024)

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Synopsis

Appellant challenged orders summarily denying his initial Rule 3.850 postconviction relief motion and dismissing his amended motion as untimely. The court affirmed both the denial of the original motion and the dismissal of the amended motion.


Holding

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing the untimely amendment because appellant neither complied with the filing deadline nor sought a timely extension. The court properly summarily denied the original motion because appellant failed to allege the requisite prejudice.


Headnotes

[1] A postconviction relief motion may be summarily denied when the movant fails to allege the requisite prejudice required for relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedur…

[2] An amendment to a postconviction relief motion is properly rejected as untimely when the movant fails to file within the court-ordered deadline and does not seek an exten…

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Key Quotes

“Appellant has failed to show that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to permit the untimely amendment, as appellant neither filed the amendment within the time provided by order, nor sought an extension within the time for filing.”

Establishes the standard for and reasons for denying the untimely amendment

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Facts & Procedural History

Appellant filed a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. He attempted to amend this motion but did not file the am…

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Opinion of the Court

Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Martin County; William L. Roby, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 432011CF000055A; 432011CF001205A.

Olivia M. Goodman of O’Brien Hatfield, P.A., Tampa, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. PER CURIAM.

Appellant challenges orders that summarily denied his initial Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion and dismissed his amended motion as untimely. We affirm.

Appellant has failed to show that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to permit the untimely amendment, as appellant neither filed the amendment within the time provided by order, nor sought an extension within the time for filing. See Fla. R. Crim P. 3.050(2); Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850(f)(2). We also affirm the court’s summary denial of relief as to the claims in the original motion for postconviction relief, as the trial court concluded properly that appellant failed to allege the requisite prejudice. See generally, Robinson v. State, 993 So. 2d 602, 603 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008).

Affirmed. WARNER, FORST and KUNTZ, JJ., concur.

* * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.


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