Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 20, 2013No. 4D13-50PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

We affirm the trial court’s summary denial of appellant’s amended motion for postconviction relief. The trial court properly found that the amended motion was untimely. Appellant’s claim that this motion merely expanded upon timely claims is without merit.

As argued by the State in this appeal, the amended motion was proeedurally barred as successive. We take judicial notice of this court’s records for appellant’s prior appeal in this court. Appellant previously filed a motion that the trial court denied on the merits because appellant failed to establish prejudice under Strickland v.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cortes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Jessie Floyd v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  2. ALEXANDER F. THOMAS v. THE STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2022

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