ROYCE REED
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 3d DCA | 2025-08-20
No. 2025-0331
Emas, J., Lindsey, J., Lobree, J., Areces, J.
2025 FL 7218 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2025)

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Holding

The United States Supreme Court's decision in Erlinger v. United States does not apply retroactively to sentences that were already final at the time Erlinger was issued.


Headnotes

[1] A United States Supreme Court decision does not apply retroactively to a criminal sentence that became final before the decision was issued.

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Royce Reed appealed a judgment from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County. The appeal involved the retroactive application of a United States Suprem…

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Opinion of the Court
Lobree

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed August 20, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D25-0331 Lower Tribunal No. F12-18272 ________________

Royce Reed, Appellant,

vs.

State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Ramiro C. Areces, Judge.

Royce Reed, in proper person.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and David Llanes, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before EMAS, LINDSEY and LOBREE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

2

Affirmed. See Wainwright v. State, 411 So. 3d 392, 399-401 (Fla. 2025) (holding that the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024) does not apply retroactively to a sentence that was already final at the time Erlinger issued); see also Arias v. State, 3D25-0297, 2025 WL 1699998 (Fla. 3d DCA June 18, 2025).


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