Case ID: so2d_555/html/0434-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Billy Joe LONG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 89-2479.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Jan. 12, 1990.
    Billy Joe Long, pro se.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
   MINER, Judge.

Billy Joe Long appeals the summary denial of his motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm without prejudice to the filing of a properly drafted motion.

According to rule 3.850, motions for post-conviction relief must be under oath. The motion must include information concerning the judgment and sentence under attack, whether an appeal was taken, and whether previous post-conviction motions were filed. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850(a)-(c). A brief statement of the facts relied upon in support of the motion must also be provided. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850(f). This court has affirmed the summary denial of motions for post-conviction relief where the motion failed to meet the requirements of the rule. See Cherry v. State, 526 So.2d 1071 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Rowe v. State, 474 So.2d 898 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985); Baker v. State, 448 So.2d 36 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).

In the instant case, appellant’s motion is not under oath, fails to provide information concerning a previous appeal or motion, and fails to provide sufficient facts. Thus, the order denying relief is affirmed, without prejudice to file a properly drafted motion.

Affirmed.

BOOTH and JOANOS, JJ., concur.