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Coty Williams v. State
5D17-1919
| Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Nov 27, 2017
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*1 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED COTY WILLIAMS,

Appellant, v. Case No. 5D17-1919 STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed December 1, 2017

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court

for Brevard County,

David Dugan, Judge.

Coty Williams, Okeechobee, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General,

Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan,

Assistant Attorney General, Daytona

Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Coty Williams, appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief, which alleged multiple grounds for relief. We find that Williams is entitled to an opportunity to amend his third and fifth grounds for relief. See Spera v. State, 971 So. 2d 754, 761 (Fla. 2007) (holding that a defendant who files a legally insufficient rule 3.850 motion for failing to meet pleading requirements should be allowed at least one opportunity to amend); see also Ferris v. *2 State, 996 So. 2d 228, 229 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008) (requiring an opportunity to amend because "the trial court did not deny the claim on the basis of facial insufficiency, and, as such, the appellant could not have been aware of the application of Spera to this issue"). We affirm Williams's remaining grounds on appeal.

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; REMANDED.

PALMER, WALLIS and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.

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Case Details

Case Name: Coty Williams v. State
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Nov 27, 2017
Docket Number: 5D17-1919
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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