TIMOTHY A. HAMPTON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2025-06-27
No. 2024-3157
Sacks, J., Edwards, C.J., Lambert, J., Boatwright, J.
2025 FL 5420 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2025)

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Holding

Sentencing precedents such as Blakely, Apprendi, and Alleyne do not apply retroactively to final sentences, and alleged defects in the information do not constitute sentencing errors subject to correction under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a).


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[1] Sentencing precedents establishing constitutional requirements for imposition of sentences, including Blakely v. …

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Key Quotes

“Blakely does not apply retroactively to sentences or resentences that were final when it issued.”

Citation to State v. Johnson, 122 So. 3d 856, 866 (Fla. 2013)

Facts & Procedural History

Timothy A. Hampton appealed from a circuit court order denying his Rule 3.800(a) motion, which challenged his sentence in a case with a conviction fro…

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Opinion of the Court
Edwards

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

_____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-3157 LT Case No. 1998-CF-005532-A _____________________________ TIMOTHY A. HAMPTON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ 3.800 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Jonathan D. Sacks, Judge. Timothy A. Hampton, Graceville, pro se. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Virginia Chester Harris, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. June 27, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See State v. Johnson, 122 So. 3d 856, 866 (Fla. 2013) (“Blakely [v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004),] does not apply retroactively to sentences or resentences that were final when it issued.”); Hughes v. State, 901 So. 2d 837, 848 (Fla. 2005) (holding that Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), does not apply retroactively); Jeanty v. Warden, FCI-Miami, 757 F. 3d 1283, 1285 (11th Cir. 2014) (concluding that Alleyne v. United

EDWARDS, C.J., and LAMBERT and BOATWRIGHT, JJ., concur.

Footnotes
2 States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), is not retroactively applicable on collateral review); Martinez v. State, 211 So. 3d 989, 991–92 (Fla. 2017) (holding that an alleged defect in the information that purportedly deprived the defendant of his due process right to notice of a potential enhanced sentence did not fall within the narrow class of sentencing errors subject to correction under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a)).

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