Case Name: Keith Joseph BANNISTER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-08-16
Citations: 935 So. 2d 644
Docket Number: No. 3D05-2931
Parties: Keith Joseph BANNISTER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before RAMIREZ, ROTHENBERG, and LAGOA, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 935
Pages: 644–645

Head Matter:
Keith Joseph BANNISTER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D05-2931.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 16, 2006.
Keith Joseph Bannister, in proper person.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Meredith L. Balo, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before RAMIREZ, ROTHENBERG, and LAGOA, JJ.

Opinion:
ROTHENBERG, Judge.
Keith Joseph Bannister ("Bannister") appeals the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to timely appeal the life sentences he received for second degree murder and attempted first degree murder, which Bannister contends are unlawful. We affirm as (1) the motion is clearly untimely since Bannister entered guilty pleas to these reduced charges on April 9, 1981, over twenty-five years ago; (2) this court has already found the sentences imposed to have been legal on May 14, 2003, see Bannister v. State, 844 So.2d 767 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003), and again on November 24, 2004, when this court per curiam affirmed the trial court's denial of Bannister's motion to correct illegal sentence, see Bannister v. State, 888 So.2d 38 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004); and (3) the doctrine of laches precludes Bannister from pursuing the instant claim.
Affirmed.