King v. State

Mose King, Jr. filed a motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 titled “Motion to Vacate Judgment and Sentence;” he signed it January 4, 1982. The court denied the motion March 10 and, pursuant to Rule 3.850, gave King fifteen days within which to file for rehearing or thirty days to appeal. King opted to file a motion for rehearing which he signed March 25; however, it was not filed with the Circuit and County Court Clerk until April 5. The trial court summarily denied this motion on April 8, but the order was not recorded until April 9, and King’s notice of appeal was…