Meek v. State

This matter is before the court to review an order of the trial court entered August 2, 1991, on remand in an appeal from a rule 3.850 post-conviction relief proceeding.

The case has had a tortuous life in the system, commencing with appellant’s indictment by a grand jury in the spring of 1982 for the alleged crime of murder in 1980. A jury found appellant guilty of premeditated murder in December, 1982, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment with twenty-five years’ mandatory minimum. On direct appeal, this court affirmed that decision in Meek v. State, 474 So.2d 340 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985),…