Lamont Taylor v. State of Florida

This case is before the Court for review of the Fifth District Court of Appeal’s decision in Taylor v. State, 96 So.3d 989 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012), which the Fifth District certified is in direct conflict with the decisions of the First District Court of Appeal in Slocum v. State, 95 So.3d 911 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012), and the Second District Court of Appeal in Cooper v. State, 667 So.2d 932 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). 1 The certified conflict issue presented in this case is whether an order disposing of a postconviction motion which partially denies and partially grants relief is a final order for purposes…