LAWSON, J.
In an attempt to collaterally attack his 33-year-old first degree murder conviction, Mack Reed Tedder, II, filed a declaratory judgment action alleging defects in the underlying information charging him with murder. The trial court dismissed the complaint, and we affirm. Tedder's collateral attack is time-barred under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, and a defendant cannot circumvent that rule by filing a civil action for declaratory judgment....
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