Case Name: Scottie Lee WHITE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-08-27
Citations: 161 So. 3d 526
Docket Number: No. 2D13-6132
Parties: Scottie Lee WHITE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SILBERMAN and KELLY, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 161
Pages: 526–526

Head Matter:
Scottie Lee WHITE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D13-6132.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Aug. 27, 2014.
Scottie Lee White, pro se.

Opinion:
NORTHCUTT, Judge.
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).
Affirmed.
SILBERMAN and KELLY, JJ., Concur.