Case Name: Elifen LIFETE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-10-24
Citations: 100 So. 3d 179
Docket Number: No. 2D12-1481
Parties: Elifen LIFETE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: CASANUEVA and KELLY, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 100
Pages: 179–179

Head Matter:
Elifen LIFETE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D12-1481.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 24, 2012.
James J. Zonas, Naples, for Appellant.

Opinion:
VILLANTI, Judge.
Elifen Lifete appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, which the postconviction court denied as untimely. We affirm. See Barrios-Cruz v. State, 63 So.3d 868 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011). As in Barrios-Cruz, 63 So.3d at 870, we hold that Padilla v. Kentucky, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), does not apply retroactively in postconviction proceedings, and we certify to the Florida Supreme Court the following question of great public importance pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.030(a)(2)(A)(v):
SHOULD THE RULING IN PADILLA V. KENTUCKY, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY IN POSTCONVICTION PROCEEDINGS?
Affirmed.
CASANUEVA and KELLY, JJ., Concur.