McGuffey v. State
McGuffey v. State
Opinion of the Court
Appellant’s motion to vacate under rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, was summarily denied after the state, in response to an order to show cause, pointed out that appellant’s judgment and sentence became final in August 1980 and, contrary to the limitation of rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, the motion to vacate was filed January 12, 1987.
The pro se motion contains allegations from which it can reasonably be inferred that the facts upon which the claim is predicated were unknown to appellant until July 1986 and could not have been ascertained by the exercise of due diligence earlier than that date. The motion also alleges that in November 1986 appellant had filed in this court a petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging the identical facts, which this court by order dated December 30, 1986 had denied “without prejudice to seek same relief via Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 in the trial court.”
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
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