Williams v. State

JOANOS, Chief Judge.

This appeal is taken from the denial of appellant’s motion for post-conviction relief, pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The motion claims entitlement to relief from the retention of jurisdiction over one-third of a sixty-year sentence, based on an assertion that the trial court lacks jurisdiction to retain jurisdiction. We affirm.

Appellant was sentenced on April 15, 1981, in Leon County Circuit Court, to a 60-year term for the offenses of sexual battery and burglary of a dwelling. The trial court retained jurisdiction over one-third of the sentence.…