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Scanlon v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 5, 2006
927 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

Opinion

No. 4D06-40.

April 26, 2006. Rehearing Denied June 5, 2006.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Richard I. Wennet, Judge; L.T. Case No. 02-115 CFA02.

Kurt D. Scanlon, Crestview, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Monique E. L'Italien, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We reverse the trial court's denial of Kurt D. Scanlon's motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 as untimely. The certificate of service on Scanlon's motion shows that he delivered it to prison mail authorities within the two year limitations period of rule 3.850(b). His motion is presumed to be timely filed under the "mailbox rule." See Fla.R.App.P. 9.420(a)(2); Haag v. State, 591 So.2d 614, 617 (Fla. 1992); Denton v. State, 912 So.2d 612 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).

Therefore we reverse and remand for further consideration of this motion for postconviction relief.

POLEN, FARMER, and KLEIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Scanlon v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 5, 2006
927 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)
Case details for

Scanlon v. State

Case Details

Full title:Kurt D. SCANLON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jun 5, 2006

Citations

927 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)