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406 So. 2d 116

Docket No. 81-807.

Bellcase v. State

Robert L. BELLCASE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 25, 1981.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1981-11-25

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently February 1988

5 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“Pronouncement and imposition of sentence of imprisonment shall not be made upon a defendant who is to be placed on probation... .”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 508 So. 2d 457 - Bolyea v. State

“Petitioner is not in `custody' nor has he been `sentenced,' [footnote omitted] thus he has no standing[,]”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 508 So. 2d 457 - Bolyea v. State

Relies on 396 So. 2d 1107 - Villery v. Florida Parole & Probation Com'n · Weir v. State

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Decided 1981-11-25

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¶1*117 Robert L. Bellcase, pro se.

¶2No appearance for appellee.

¶3ORFINGER, Judge.

¶4Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for post-conviction relief, because appellant was not "a prisoner in custody" as required by Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.850.[1] The record before us makes it appear that after conviction, appellant was placed on probation for five years upon condition that he serve eleven months and thirty days in jail, and that he is no longer incarcerated.

¶5The language of the rule is specific and clear. Only a "prisoner in custody under sentence" may apply for relief under this rule. Petitioner is not in "custody" nor has he been "sentenced,"[2] thus he has no standing under this rule. Weir v. State,319 So.2d 80 (Fla.2d DCA 1975).

¶6The judgment is AFFIRMED.

¶7COBB and COWART, JJ., concur.

NOTES

¶8[1] Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850: A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by the laws of Florida ... may move the court which entered the judgment or imposed the sentence to vacate, set aside or correct the judgment or sentence.

¶9[2] Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.790, imposition of sentence is not made upon a defendant who is to be placed on probation. Neither does incarceration as a condition of probation constitute a "sentence." Villery v. The Florida Parole and Probation Commission,396 So.2d 1107 (Fla. 1980).

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