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Rawls v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Dec 24, 1980
391 So. 2d 694 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

Opinion

No. 80-1042.

November 19, 1980. Rehearing Denied December 24, 1980.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Orange County, Richard B. Keating, J.

Richard Rawls, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Edwin H. Duff, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


This is an appeal from a summary denial of a Rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, motion for post-conviction relief. Contrary to the requirements of Rule 3.850, the motion did not state whether there was an appeal from the judgment or sentence and the disposition thereof, nor did the motion state whether a previous post-conviction motion had been filed and, if so, how many, nor was the motion under oath. The order appealed is affirmed without prejudice to defendant's filing a sufficient motion providing the required information under oath raising the same substantive issues. Saxon v. State, 384 So.2d 35 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980); Monroe v. State, 371 So.2d 683 (Fla.2d DCA 1979).

Rule 9.140(g), Fla.R.App.P.

The rules provide a complete fill-in-the-blanks form to assist prisoners in preparing 3.850 motions.

AFFIRMED.

ORFINGER, COBB and COWART, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Rawls v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Dec 24, 1980
391 So. 2d 694 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)
Case details for

Rawls v. State

Case Details

Full title:RICHARD RAWLS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Dec 24, 1980

Citations

391 So. 2d 694 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)