Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2010

Seneca v. State

Seneca v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 24, 2010 · Gross, Warner, Farmer
32 So. 3d 148; 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 2085; 2010 WL 624238 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Seneca v. State

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the summary dismissal of appellant’s second, successive postconviction relief motion. The motion was untimely and an abuse of procedure. See Witt v. State, 465 So.2d 510, 512 (Fla. 1985). The issue that appellant raised could and should have been raised on direct appeal and not in postconviction proceedings. See Rose v. State, 675 So.2d 567, 569 n. 1 (Fla. 1996); McCrae v. State, 437 So.2d 1388, 1390 (Fla. 1983). Indeed, appellant provides those portions of the transcript which show that the very issue he raises in this motion was raised before the trial judge in the original proceedings. His claim that a “manifest injustice” would occur if he is not given relief is specious.

GROSS, C.J., WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur.

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