Ellis v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Ricardo Ellis appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Ellis raised' three claims in his motion. We affirm without comment as to two of Ellis’s claims, but reverse as to the remaining one.

Ellis was originally convicted of nine counts of aggravated child abuse in violation of section 827.03, Florida Statutes (1993). On June 3, 1996, the circuit court sentenced Ellis to concurrent terms of fifteen years’ imprisonment on counts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 (as designated in the written judgment),…