Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 24, 2001No. 3D01-879Published

1Per curiam

Vincent W. Edwards appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. We affirm.

Defendant-appellant Edwards is a prisoner now in federal custody. He alleges *647that he is serving a federal sentence which was enhanced by virtue of a guilty plea he entered in 1980 to the charges of burglary and grand theft. Defendant’s postconviction motion is timely under Wood v. State, 750 So.2d 592 (Fla.1999).

Defendant contends that his 1980 plea should be set aside because the trial court failed to advise him that the 1980 conviction could be used in a subsequent proceeding to enhance any future…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wood v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  2. Major v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  3. Bismark v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  4. Baker v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

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