Thompson v. State

985 So.2d 1177 (2008)

Kavine THOMPSON, Petitioner,

v.

The STATE of Florida, etc., Respondent.

No. 3D08-970.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 2, 2008.

Kavine Thompson, in proper person.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before COPE, RAMIREZ and WELLS, JJ.

WELLS, Judge.

The defendant petitions for a writ of mandamus, compelling the lower court to hold a hearing and to rule on his post-conviction motion filed over seventeen months ago. We grant the petition and issue the writ. See Fletcher v. State, 973 So.2d 666…