Flint v. State

DAVIS, Judge.

David R. Flint, Jr., pro se, challenges the summary denial of his postconviction motion, which he filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 and in which he alleged newly discovered evidence. Notwithstanding the subsequent change in the law, because Flint’s motion was timely under the law at the time the motion was filed, we must reverse.

Flint was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life with a twenty-five-year minimum mandatory. The judgment and sentence were entered on December 11, 1992, and were subsequently affirmed by this court.…