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Caldwell v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Mar 18, 2015
160 So. 3d 110 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

Opinion

No. 4D14–4496.

03-18-2015

Demarious T. CALDWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Demarious T. Caldwell, Madison, Pro Se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Luke Robert Napodano, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Demarious T. Caldwell, Madison, Pro Se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Luke Robert Napodano, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Demarious Caldwell appeals an order striking his rule 3.850 motion as untimely filed.

On direct appeal, this Court affirmed with a citation to a case pending review in the Florida Supreme Court, and Caldwell sought discretionary review. Caldwell v. State, 86 So.3d 1160 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). The time for filing a rule 3.850 motion was tolled until the Florida Supreme Court dismissed review of the direct appeal proceedings. Mullins v. State, 974 So.2d 1135 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008). The state concedes that Caldwell's postconviction motion was timely filed and he should have been given leave to correct the pleading deficiencies in his motion. Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.850(f)(2).

Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the trial court to give appellant leave to amend his motion.

Reversed and Remanded.

GROSS, TAYLOR and MAY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Caldwell v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Mar 18, 2015
160 So. 3d 110 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)
Case details for

Caldwell v. State

Case Details

Full title:Demarious T. CALDWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Date published: Mar 18, 2015

Citations

160 So. 3d 110 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)