Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2016

Joseph Evans v. State of Florida

Joseph Evans v. State of Florida
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided June 22, 2016 · Ciklin, Levine, Klingensmith
199 So. 3d 1005; 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 9592; 2016 WL 3421305 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Joseph Evans v. State of Florida

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the summary denial of appellant’s untimely rule 3.850 motion. Appellant entered a plea in 2007 and filed this motion in April 2014. The trial judge denied the motion without ordering a State response, without record attachments, and without providing any explanation.

The summary denial of a postconviction motion in this fashion is improper, see Shea v. State, 97 So.3d 861, 862 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), and we condemn the practice.

However, it is clear from the face of the motion and the documents attached by appellant that his claim was untimely. The motion did not establish any newly discovered fact that could not have been ascertained with the exercise of due diligence. Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850(b)(1). Furthermore, the motion lacked merit as appellant did *1006 not establish that his trial counsel suffered from any actual conflict of interest that adversely impacted counsel’s performance. See Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335, 100 S.Ct. 1708, 64 L.Ed.2d 333 (1980).

Affirmed.

CIKLIN, C.J., LEVINE and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.

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