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161 So. 3d 526

White v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 27, 2014

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2014-08-27

Relies on 39 So. 3d 252 - State v. Montgomery · 59 So. 3d 1162 - Harricharan v. State · 93 So. 3d 458 - Mendoza v. State

Decided 2014-08-27

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

¶1 We affirm the postconviction court’s denial of Scottie Lee White’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, which the court appropriately treated as an untimely motion filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. White claimed that the trial court committed fundamental error when it gave an erroneous instruction on voluntary manslaughter, citing State v. Montgomery, 39 So.3d 252, 257-58 (Fla.2010). We write only to observe that the postcon-viction court properly rejected this contention on the ground that the Montgomery case does not apply retroactively to cases that were final before it issued. See Mendoza v. State, 93 So.3d 458, 458 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012); Harricharan v. State, 59 So.3d 1162, 1163 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011).

¶2 Affirmed.

SILBERMAN and KELLY, JJ., Concur.
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