Small v. State

941 So.2d 555 (2006)

Ronald Davis SMALL, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 1D06-2780.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 15, 2006.

Ronald Davis Small, pro se, Appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Carolyn J. Mosley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Appellant challenges the trial court's summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Because the trial court improperly denied appellant's motion as untimely, we reverse.

In 1976, appellant was sentenced to life in…