Legal Opinion

Boyd v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 9, 2013No. 2D12-3550PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRIS, Judge.

Eddie Boyd challenges the summary dismissal of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, as untimely. Boyd correctly asserts that his sentencing order was not rendered until August 30, 2011, and thus his postconviction motion filed on May 9, 2012, was timely.

The procedural history of Boyd’s case is admittedly confusing; the following account is somewhat abridged. After Boyd successfully challenged the prison releasee reoffender (PRR) designation on one of his sentences in a motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Weiss v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  2. Pifer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  3. Boyd v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Caballero-Rayes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  2. State v. JonesSuperior Court of Delaware · 2016

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