Joe Wayne Bell v. State of Florida

The appellant challenges the denial of his postconviction motion brought pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm the trial court’s denial of grounds one, two, four, and five without comment. We also affirm the denial of ground three insofar as it pertained to the sentence imposed for the appellant’s kidnapping conviction. With regard to the arguments in ground three that pertain to the appellant’s sexual battery sentences, we reverse and remand.

In ground three of his motion, the appellant argued in part that the trial court improperly imposed habitual violent felony…