Mancino v. State

We reverse the order of the trial court that denied, with prejudice, Joseph Sal Mancino’s motion for postconviction relief. Through a previous appeal, the case was remanded for consideration of the substance of the forty-two page motion. See Mancino v. State, 986 So.2d 662 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008). We had been directed to Spera v. State, 971 So.2d 754, 761 (Fla.2007), but found its application premature. In Spera, the Florida Supreme Court determined that a trial court abuses its discretion when it fails to provide a postcon-viction movant at least one opportunity to amend a legally insufficient…