Legal Opinion

Key v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 13, 1992No. 92-01168PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PARKER, Judge.

Dewayne Key appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief in two separate cases, lower court file numbers 87-11271 and 87-9763. We affirm the trial court’s order in case number 87-11271 because Key’s motion was untimely filed.

As to the second case, although Key raises numerous issues, we find only two have merit. First, Key alleges he was re-sentenced by the trial court in May 1988, after his notice of direct appeal was filed in April 1988. If that is true, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to resentence Key. See Figone v. Downey, 547 So.2d 697 (Fla. 2d…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  3. Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  4. Figone v. DowneyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. MoralesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  2. Jordon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  3. Mack v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

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