BLATCH v. STATE

No. 80-320.

389 So.2d 669 (1980)

Harold G. BLATCH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Peter Raben, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Anthony C. Musto, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

In 1951, Harold Blatch was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Seventeen years later, Blatch, asserting that he had been denied his right to appeal, was accorded a belated appeal. His conviction was affirmed by this court. Blatch v. State, 216 So.2d 261 (Fla.3d DCA 1968). In 1979, Blatch filed a motion to vacate under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, contending...

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