Legal Opinion
Slater v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 26, 1989No. 89-00315PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Judge.
James Slater petitions this court for cer-tiorari and seeks review of a denial of his motion for post-conviction relief in county court, which was affirmed by the circuit court acting in its appellate capacity. We have jurisdiction. Fla.R.App.P. 9.030(b)(2)(B); Art. V, § 4(b)(3), Fla. Const. We grant the petition and quash the circuit court’s opinion.
In 1987 Slater, who was not represented by an attorney, pleaded no contest* to a charge of criminal mischief, and a county judge sentenced him to ten days in jail. The next day Slater filed a motion for post-conviction relief,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Combs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
- Bill Edward Sturgis v. Robert GoldsmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Gunn v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
3Cited by4 opinions
- Haines City Community Dev. v. HeggsSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
- Haines City Community Dev. v. HeggsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
- Campbell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
- Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015