Case Name: Frank L. SHIRLEY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-03-23
Citations: 728 So. 2d 822
Docket Number: No. 98-3014
Parties: Frank L. SHIRLEY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: ALLEN, WEBSTER and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 728
Pages: 822–822

Head Matter:
Frank L. SHIRLEY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 98-3014.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 23, 1999.
Frank L. Shirley, pro se, petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Kristina White, Assistant Attorney General and Trisha E. Meggs, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Frank Shirley petitions this court for a writ of mandamus. He shows that he filed a motion for post-conviction relief in the Circuit Court for Leon County in February 1997. Now, two years later, he awaits a ruling. The Attorney General has responded to this petition on behalf of the State of Florida and asks that the writ not issue because a ruling is expected shortly. We find that any further delay is unreasonable absent a showing that the particular motion before the circuit court is of such a nature that the delay in disposing of it is justified. Petitioner is entitled to a ruling on his motion within a reasonable time. Kramp v. Fagan, 568 So.2d 479 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). Accordingly, we grant the petition and direct the circuit judge assigned to petitioner's motion to dispose of it within 20 days.
ALLEN, WEBSTER and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.