Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 22, 1998No. 97-3111Published

1Per curiam

We reverse the order denying Williams’s motion for postconviction relief. The trial court correctly treated Williams’s request for relief as a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion, State v. Evans, 705 So.2d 631, 632 n. 2 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)(on rehearing), and correctly denied it as insufficient because there were pages missing from the document Williams filed with the court. However, we reverse the summary denial as it should have been a denial without prejudice to permit Williams to file a complete document. Reversed and remanded with instructions to permit Williams to file a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. EvansDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

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