Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 24, 2017No. 4D16-0528Published

1Opinion of the CourtKuntz, J.

The Defendant appeals an order denying his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. He raises two issues on appeal: (1) a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, and (2) a procedural error that occurred during resen-tencing.

We affirm the denial of the challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence without further comment. This could have been raised on direct appeal and, therefore, is not appropriate in a Rule 3.850 motion. See, e.g., Childers v. State, 782 So.2d 946, 947 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).

As to the second issue, the State properly concedes error. By his Rule…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Galindez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  2. Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  3. Wilson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  4. Childers v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  5. Branton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

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