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585 So. 2d 496

Docket No. 91-02607.

Bell v. State

Oliver BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 13, 1991.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1991-09-13

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently April 2002

6 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“[Rule 3.850] does not expressly provide for such attachments when the trial court dismisses a motion after finding that it is successive. Without the attachment of any prior motions filed by the prisoner and other pertinent records in the case, however, this court is precluded from adequately reviewing the order of dismissal.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Pryor v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1991-09-13

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¶1PER CURIAM.

¶2Oliver Bell appeals the dismissal of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The trial court dismissed the motion as successive and an abuse of procedure.

¶3When a trial court denies a motion for postconviction relief without an evidentiary hearing, rule 3.850 requires the attachment to the order of "that portion of the files and records which conclusively shows that the prisoner is entitled to no relief." The rule does not expressly provide for such attachments when the trial court dismisses a motion after finding that it is successive. Without the attachment of any prior motions filed by the prisoner and other pertinent records in the case, however, this court is precluded from adequately reviewing the order of dismissal. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the attachment of any documents in the record that support the trial court's dismissal. Any party aggrieved by the trial court's subsequent action shall file a notice of appeal within thirty days.

¶4DANAHY, A.C.J., and PARKER and ALTENBERND, JJ., concur.

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