DENSON v. STATE

No. 1D17-4071.

260 So.3d 1194 (2019)

Ben Lamont DENSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 10, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Lamont Denson, pro se, Appellant.

Ashley Brooke Moody , Attorney General, and Steven Edward Woods , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Ben Lamont Denson's motion for postconviction relief was denied as untimely. Denson then sought relief under rule 3.850(b)(3), which excuses late filings if "the defendant retained counsel to timely file a 3.850 motion and counsel, through neglect, failed to file the motion." The trial court rejected Denson's claim, concluding the rule's exception...

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