KENNETH BROWN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2025-08-27
No. 2025-0861
Bober, J., May, J., Gerber, J., Conner, J.
2025 FL 7440 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2025)

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Holding

A change in law established by Erlinger v. United States does not apply retroactively to convictions that were final before the decision.


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[1] A change in law established after a conviction becomes final does not apply retroactively to that conviction, even if the change would have altered the outcome at the tim…

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Kenneth Brown appealed the denial of his rule 3.800 motion in a criminal case from Broward County. The motion was filed in connection with a convictio…

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Opinion of the Court
Conner

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

KENNETH BROWN, Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-0861

[August 27, 2025]

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Bernard I. Bober, Judge; L.T. Case No. 96-003522-CF-10A.

Kenneth Brown, Blountstown, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Maye v. State, 368 So. 3d 531, 532 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023), review granted, No. SC2023-1184, 2024 WL 1796831 (Fla. Apr. 25, 2024); Wainwright v. State, No. SC2025-0708, 2025 WL 1561151 (Fla. June 3, 2025) (holding that even if Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024), constitutes a change of law, it does not apply retroactively).

MAY, GERBER and CONNER, JJ., concur.

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