Manspeaker v. State

In her petition for writ of certiorari, Petitioner, Lynette Manspeaker, challenges the trial court’s order denying her motion for reduction of sentence which she filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(c). As the State concedes, the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law in denying Petitioner’s motion on the basis that sixty days had passed since receipt of this Court’s mandate from her direct appeal. As Petitioner contends, she timely filed her motion with the trial court within sixty days of the United States Supreme Court’s denial of her petition…