Opinion
No. 49355-E.
December 22, 1977.
Case of Original Jurisdiction — Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Appended to this order are amended and new rules of The Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. These rules shall govern all proceedings within their scope after 12:01 a.m. January 1, 1978.
It is so ordered.
OVERTON, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, ENGLAND, SUNDBERG, HATCHETT and KARL, JJ., concur.
MOTION FOR POST CONVICTION RELIEF facts legal MOTION this only this other concisely briefly facts facts you should raise in this motion all available grounds briefly briefly briefly briefly briefly
APPENDIX The caption of Rule 3.850 is amended to read as follows: Rule 3.850. MOTION TO VACATE, SET ASIDE OR CORRECT SENTENCE; HEARING; APPEAL (See Rule 3.987 for form). Rule 3.987. MOTION FOR POST CONVICTION RELIEF MODEL FORM FOR USE IN MOTIONS FOR POST CONVICTION RELIEF PURSUANT TO FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE NUMBER 3.850 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE __________________ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR _______ COUNTY, FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA ) ) vs. ) CRIMINAL DIVISION ) _______________ ) CASE NUMBER: ________________ (your name) ) (the original case number) ___________________________ ) Instructions — Read Carefully (1) This motion must be legibly handwritten or typewritten, signed by the defendant and sworn to before a notary public or other official authorized to administer an oath. Any false statement of a material fact may serve as the basis for prosecution and conviction for perjury. All questions must be answered concisely in the proper space on the form. (2) Additional pages are not permitted except with respect to the which you rely upon to support your grounds for relief. No citation of authorities need be furnished. If briefs or arguments are submitted in support of your claims (as opposed to your factual claims), they should be submitted in the form of a separate Memorandum of Law. This memorandum should have the same caption as this Motion. (3) No filing fee is required when submitting a Motion for Post Conviction Relief. (4) Only the judgment of one case may be challenged in a single Motion for Post Conviction Relief. If you seek to challenge judgments entered in different cases, or different courts, you must file separate motions as to each such case. The single exception to this is if you are challenging the judgments in the different cases which were consolidated for trial. In this event, show each case number involved in the caption. (5) Your attention is directed to the fact that you must include all grounds for relief, and all facts supporting such grounds, in the motion you file seeking relief from any judgment of conviction. (6) When the motion is fully completed, the original must be mailed to the Clerk of the Court whose address is _________ County Courthouse, ______________, Florida. 1. Name and location of the court which entered the judgment of conviction under attack: ________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. 2. Date of judgment of conviction: ______________________________. 3. Length of sentence: __________________________________________. 4. Nature of offense(s) involved (all counts): __________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. 5. What was your plea? (check only one) (a) Not Guilty ____ (b) Guilty ____ (c) Nolo Contendere ____ (d) Not Guilty by reason of insanity ____ If you entered one plea to one count, and a different plea to another count, give details: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 6. Kind of trial: (check only one) (a) Jury (b) Judge only without jury 7. Did you testify at the trial or at any pre-trial hearing? Yes ____ No ____ If yes, list each such occasion: ___________________________ _______________________________________________________________. 8. Did you appeal from the judgment of conviction? Yes ____ No ____ 9. If you did appeal, answer the following: (a) Name of court: _________________________________________ (b) Result: ________________________________________________ (c) Date of result: ________________________________________ (d) Citation (if known): ___________________________________ 10. Other than a direct appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence, have you previously filed any petitions, applications, motions, etc. with respect to this judgment in court? Yes ____ No ____ 11. If your answer to number 10 was "yes", give the following information (applies to proceedings in court): (a) (1) Nature of the proceeding: ___________________________ ____________________________________________________ (2) Grounds raised: _____________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your petition, application, motion, etc.? Yes ____ No ____ (4) Result: _____________________________________________ (5) Date of result: _____________________________________ (b) As to any second petition, application, motion, etc., give the same information: (1) Nature of the proceeding: __________________________ ____________________________________________________ (2) Grounds raised: ____________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your petition, application, motion, etc.? Yes ____ No ____ (4) Result: _____________________________________________ (5) Date of result: _____________________________________ 12. Other than a direct appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence, have you previously filed any petitions, applications, motions, etc. with respect to this judgment in any court? Yes ____ No ____ 13. If your answer to number 12 was "yes", give the following information: (a) (1) Name of court: ____________________________________ (2) Nature of the proceeding: _________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ (3) Grounds raised: ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ (4) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your petition, application, motions, etc.? Yes ____ No ____ (5) Result: ____________________________________________ (6) Date of result: ____________________________________ (b) As to any second petition, application, motion, etc., give the same information: (1) Name of Court: _____________________________________ (2) Nature of the proceeding: __________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ (3) Grounds raised: ____________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ (4) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your petition, application, motion, etc.? Yes ____ No ____ (5) Result: ____________________________________________ (6) Date of result: ____________________________________ (c) As to any third petition, application, motion, etc., give the same information: (1) Name of Court: _____________________________________ (2) Nature of the proceeding: __________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ (3) Grounds raised: ____________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ (4) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your petition, application, motion, etc.? Yes ____ No ____ (5) Result: ____________________________________________ (6) Date of result: ____________________________________ 14. State every ground on which you claim that the judgment or sentence is unlawful. Summarize the supporting each ground. If necessary, you may attach pages stating additional grounds and the supporting them. For your information, the following is a list of the most frequently raised grounds for post-conviction relief. Each statement preceded by a letter constitutes a separate ground for possible relief. You may raise any grounds which you may have other than those listed. However, (relating to this conviction) on which you base your allegations that your conviction or sentence is unlawful. DO NOT CHECK ANY OF THESE LISTED GROUNDS. If you select one or more of these grounds for relief, you must allege facts. The motion will not be accepted by the Court if you merely check (a) through (1). (a) Conviction obtained by plea of guilty or nolo contendere which was unlawfully induced or not made voluntarily with understanding of the nature of the charge and the consequences of the plea. (b) Conviction obtained by use of coerced confession. (c) Conviction obtained by use of evidence gained pursuant to an unconstitutional search and seizure. (d) Conviction obtained by use of evidence obtained pursuant to an unlawful arrest. (e) Conviction obtained by a violation of the privilege against self-incrimination. (f) Conviction obtained by the unconstitutional failure of the prosecution to disclose to the defendant evidence favorable to the defendant. (g) Conviction obtained by a violation of the protection against double jeopardy. (h) Conviction obtained by action of a grand or petit jury which was unconstitutionally selected or impanelled. (i) Denial of effective assistance of counsel. (j) Denial of right of appeal. (k) Lack of jurisdiction of the court to enter the judgment or impose sentence (such as an unconstitutional statute). (1) Sentence in excess of the maximum authorized by law. A. Ground one: _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Supporting FACTS (tell your story without citing cases or law): _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ B. Ground two: _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Supporting FACTS (tell your story without citing cases or law): _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ C. Ground three: ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Supporting FACTS (tell your story without citing cases or law): _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ D. Ground four: ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Supporting FACTS (tell your story without citing cases or law): _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 15. If any of the grounds listed in 14 A, B, C and D were not previously presented on your direct appeal, state what grounds were not so presented, and give your reasons why they were not so presented: _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 16. Do you have any petition, application, appeal, motion, etc. now pending in any court, either state or federal, as to the judgment under attack? Yes ____ No ____ 17. If your answer to number 16 was "yes", give the following information: (a) Name of Court: ________________________________________ (b) Nature of the proceeding: _____________________________ (c) Grounds raised: _______________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ (d) Status of the proceedings: ____________________________ _______________________________________________________ 18. Give the name and address, if known, of each attorney who represented you in the following stages of the judgment attacked herein. (a) At preliminary hearing: _______________________________ _______________________________________________________ (b) At arraignment and plea: ______________________________ _______________________________________________________ (c) At trial: _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ (d) At sentencing: ________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ (e) On appeal: ____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ (f) In any post-conviction proceeding: ____________________ _______________________________________________________ (g) On appeal from any adverse ruling in a post-conviction proceeding: ___________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ WHEREFORE, Movant prays that the Court grant all relief to which he may be entitled in this proceeding, including but not limited to (here list the nature of the relief sought): 1. _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2. Such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper. STATE OF FLORIDA ) COUNTY OF ________ ) Before me, the undersigned authority, this day personally appeared ______________________________________________________, who first being duly sworn, says that he is the Defendant in the above-styled cause, that he has read the foregoing Motion for Post-Conviction Relief and has personal knowledge of the facts and matters therein set forth and alleged; and that each and all of these facts and matters are true and correct. ______________________ (your signature) SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED TO before me this ____ day of ____, 19__. ________________________ NOTARY PUBLIC, or other person authorized to administer an oath.