Finfrock v. State

Notwithstanding my agreement with the panel that relief is procedurally barred as being successive, I write to discuss the exception to the two-year time limit to file a motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850(b). Appellant contends that his request for postconviction relief was timely because he was not informed of the collateral consequences of his plea under the Jimmy Ryce Act1 and could not have known of them until he was subjected to civil commitment proceedings at the completion of his sentence.2 Appellant’s claim is based upon the failure to…