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Lewis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Mar 4, 2011
55 So. 3d 725 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

Opinion

No. 5D11-97.

March 4, 2011.

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County, Hale R. Stancil, Judge.

Marvin Lewis, Raiford, pro se.

No Appearance for Appellee.


Marvin Lewis appeals from the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. Buried within Lewis' fifteen-page motion is a claim that there were a number of errors on his sentencing scoresheet. His motion verges on unintelligible and references unrelated cases in other counties. Boiled down to its essence, Lewis argues that most of his prior record offenses either did not exist or reflected the incorrect degree of felony. The trial court's written order includes no attachments and makes no findings. Nonetheless, it is hard to be critical of the trial court given the vague and rambling nature of Lewis' motion.

Therefore, we affirm the summary denial without prejudice for Lewis to file an amended rule 3.850 motion that clearly and succinctly asserts the specifics of his claim of scoresheet error.

AFFIRMED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

SAWAYA, COHEN and JACOBUS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Lewis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Mar 4, 2011
55 So. 3d 725 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)
Case details for

Lewis v. State

Case Details

Full title:Marvin LEWIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Mar 4, 2011

Citations

55 So. 3d 725 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)