Title: Amendment to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850(g)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC00-1452
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: November 22, 2000

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-1452
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AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL
 PROCEDURE 3.850(g)
[November 22, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
In accordance with our decision in Williams v. State, Nos. SC96546 &
SC00-258 (Fla. Nov. 22, 2000), extending our holding in Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.
2d 931 (Fla. 1999), to allow the filing of a belated appeal from the denial of a 3.850
motion where counsel neglects to timely file an appeal despite a timely request by
the petitioner, we hereby amend rule 3.850(g) to include the following additional
language (the new language is indicated by underlining):
(g) Appeal; Rehearing; Service on Movant.  An
appeal may be taken to the appropriate appellate court
from the order entered on the motion as from a final
judgment on application for writ of habeas corpus.  All
orders denying motions for postconviction relief shall
include a statement that the movant has the right to appeal
within 30 days of the rendition of the order.  A 
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petitioner may seek a belated appeal upon the allegation
that the petitioner timely requested counsel to appeal the
order denying petitioner’s motion for postconviction
relief and counsel, through neglect, failed to do so.  The
movant may file a motion for rehearing of any order
denying a motion under this rule within 15 days of the
date of service of the order.  The clerk of the court shall
promptly serve on the movant a copy of any order
denying a motion for postconviction relief or denying a
motion for rehearing noting thereon the date of service by
an appropriate certificate of service.  
This provision shall become effective immediately upon the filing of this
opinion.  We direct that this rule amendment be published in the next edition of The
Florida Bar News.  Any interested person may file a comment with the Court on or
before January 15, 2001.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and
QUINCE, JJ., concur.
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS RULE AMENDMENT.
Original Proceeding - Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure