Dowling v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 491 So. 2d 276 - Bender v. First Fidelity Savings & Loan Ass'n of Winter Park · 515 So. 2d 227 - Phillips v. Dugger · 478 So. 2d 52 - Florida Bar in re Wood · 520 So. 2d 562 - State v. Bolyea · 538 So. 2d 473 - Moses v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Accordingly, the standard of review in an appeal of an order denying a Rule 3.800(a) motion is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the relief requested. Since an alternative remedy to correct an illegal sentence is available under Rule 3.850, the denial of a Rule 3.800(a) motion will rarely be overturned. In addition, trial judges may be justifiably reluctant to grant relief pursuant to Rule 3.800(a) when the same relief could have been sought in previous proceedings, as in this case, where appellant had filed two prior Rule 3.850 motions which were denied. * * * * * * Furthermore, the possibility that Rule 3.800(a) will be misused by defendants seeking to circumvent the procedural safeguards of Rule 3.850 would be, in and of itself, a sufficient ground to deny relief in all but a few cases where the movant is not in custody and therefore has no alternative relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Schiming v. State
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