Williams v. State

Full title: Douglas M. Williams, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Fifth District

Date published: Jun 28, 2024

No. 5D2024-0111 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jun. 28, 2024)

Opinion

5D2024-0111

06-28-2024

Douglas M. Williams, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

Douglas M. Williams, Bonifay, pro se. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tabitha Mills, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

3.800 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sumter County. Mary P. Hatcher, Judge. LT Case No. 2021-CF-350

Douglas M. Williams, Bonifay, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tabitha Mills, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

EISNAUGLE and SOUD, JJ., concur.

MAKAR, J., concurs with opinion.

MAKAR, J., concurring.

I concur in affirmance, noting that it is without prejudice to file a good faith motion under Rule 3.850. See Cole v. State, 268 So.3d 991, 991 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019) ("We affirm the denial of Appellant's motion to correct illegal sentence, filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), without prejudice to his ability to file a timely and sworn motion for postconviction relief under Rule 3.850, if he can do so in good faith.").