Legal Opinion

Piggott v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 12, 2009No. 4D08-4826PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFarmer, J.

Defendant’s Florida conviction became final in December 2002. He had been *299sentenced thereunder to two life terms consecutive to a conviction in Massachusetts he was already serving. He completed his Massachusetts sentence in August 2006 and was delivered to authorities a few days later to begin serving his Florida sentence. Two years later, under rule 3.850 he filed a motion for relief from the conviction asserting several grounds. The trial judge summarily dismissed the motion on the basis that it was temporally barred, having been filed more than two years after his Florida conviction…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pardo v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  2. Demps v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  3. Ramsey v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  4. Ruiz v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  2. Lee v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  3. Seraphin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

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