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IN RE RULE 3.850 OF FLA. RULES OF CRIM. PROCEDURE

Supreme Court of Florida.
Dec 19, 1985
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ADKINS, Justice.

We have for consideration emergency petition for suspension and reconsideration of the time-limitation provisions of Rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.

The rule contains the following provision.

Anyone adjudicated guilty prior to January 1, 1985, shall have until January 1, 1986, to file a motion in accordance with this rule.

This provision is hereby amended to read as follows:

Any person whose judgment and sentence became final prior to January 1, 1985, shall have until January 1, 1987, to file a motion in accordance with this rule.

In all other respects the rule is reaffirmed.

It is so ordered.

BOYD, C.J., and OVERTON, McDONALD, EHRLICH, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., concur.