Jenkins v. State

This is an appeal of an order summarily denying a motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). On appeal from a summary denial, this Court must reverse unless the post-conviction record shows conclusively that the appellant is entitled to no relief. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(b)(2)(D).

On December 21, 1993, a jury found defendant Lathio Jenkins guilty of count one, armed robbery with a firearm. On January 20, 1994, Jenkins was sentenced on count one to thirty years in the Department of Corrections, with a ten-year minimum mandatory (after the trial court found him to be a habitual…