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Eastwood v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Dec 24, 2008
2 So. 3d 374 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

Opinion

No. 4D08-3721.

December 24, 2008.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Paul L. Backman, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 02-13104CF10A 03-14237 CF10A.

Donald Harry Eastwood, Okeechobee, pro se.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The trial court summarily denied appellant's Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion finding that it was filed beyond the two-year time limit of the rule. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850(b). We reverse and remand for further proceedings. Appellant timely filed his motion within two years of his convictions and sentences becoming final. Cooper v. State, 902 So.2d 904 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). See also Small v. State, 941 So.2d 555 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006).

Reversed and Remanded for Further Proceedings.

KLEIN, HAZOURI and MAY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Eastwood v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Dec 24, 2008
2 So. 3d 374 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)
Case details for

Eastwood v. State

Case Details

Full title:Donald Harry EASTWOOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Dec 24, 2008

Citations

2 So. 3d 374 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)