Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2019

MERLE J. STOKES v. STATE OF FLORIDA

MERLE J. STOKES v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 9, 2019

MERLE J. STOKES v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Opinion

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT MERLE J. STOKES, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D14-945 [January 9, 2019]

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800 motion from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Dan L. Vaughn, Judge; L.T. Case No. 561991CF000970A.

Diamond R. Litty, Public Defender, and Usha Maharajh, Assistant Public Defender, Stuart, for appellant.

Ashley Brooke Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J.

Carney, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING/CLARIFICATION PER CURIAM.

We lift the stay entered on February 3, 2017, and withdraw our opinion on motion for rehearing and clarification, dated February 22, 2017.

We affirm. See Franklin v. State, 43 Fla. L. Weekly S556 (Fla. Nov. 8, 2018); State v. Michel, 43 Fla. L. Weekly S298 (Fla. July 12, 2018).

Affirmed.

GROSS, MAY and LEVINE, JJ., concur.

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