Skeens v. State

Tyrone J. Skeens appeals the trial court’s dismissal for untimefiness of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse and remand for the trial court to consider Skeens’ motion on the merits.

In 1996, Skeens was convicted by a jury of one count of sexual battery and one count of lewd and lascivious act upon a child under sixteen. He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison on each count to run concurrently. Skeens appealed and this court in Skeens v. State, 733 So.2d 1094, 1096 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999) (Skeens I), affirmed the sexual…