Brown v. State

Appellant, Willie Brown, when he was sixteen years old, was charged with, tried and convicted as an adult for second degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm while engaged in a criminal offense. This court reversed his conviction in Brown v. State, 427 So.2d 304 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 438 So.2d 834 (Fla.1983).

Subsequently, appellant pleaded to a lesser offense of manslaughter with a firearm. This plea occurred eleven years ago and the trial court adjudicated appellant guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to thirty years in prison. Appellant never challenged his sentence…