Legal Opinion

Owens v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 3, 1998No. 98-492PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

W. SHARP, Judge.

Owens appeals from the trial court’s summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm.

This is Owens’ fourth such motion. It raises the issue of whether Owens’ guilty plea in the criminal proceedings below (related to this collateral attack on his judgment and sentence) was voluntary. He fails to allege or state why this issue could not have been raised in his prior motions and none is apparent on this record. Accordingly, this motion is successive and improper.

We admonish Owens that additional collateral attacks on his judgment…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. O'BRIEN v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  2. Tillery v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

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