McCallum v. State

Appellant challenges a trial court order summarily dismissing his motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The motion followed a sentence of sixty years in prison, based on appellant’s plea of nolo contendere to second degree murder, armed burglary, and grand theft in one prosecution in Indian River County, and to armed burglary in St. Lucie County. The two prosecutions were consolidated as part of the plea agreement.

Appellant’s motion contained arguments that the trial court failed to conduct a proper hearing on his mental competency when…