Legal Opinion

Vann v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 9, 1990No. 90-02187PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

569 So.2d 867 (1990)

Donald VANN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 90-02187.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 9, 1990.

2Per curiam

Donald Vann appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief. We reverse.

The trial court originally denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing, finding that it was Vann's third. However, both previous motions sought only to correct the sentence and were filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), not rule 3.850. Thus, on appeal we held that the rule's proscription of successive motions was not applicable in this…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. Barr v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  3. Vann v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

4Cited by4 opinions

  1. Logan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  2. Butler v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  3. Ross v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  4. Thompson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

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