LEONARD HOPE
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2025-09-10
No. 2025-1744
Bober, J., Gerber, J., Levine, J., Klingensmith, J.
2025 FL 7905 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2025)

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Holding

A change in law established by recent Supreme Court precedent does not apply retroactively to postconviction relief claims.

Headnotes

[1] A change in law established by Supreme Court precedent does not apply retroactively to postconviction relief motions filed under rule 3.850.

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Leonard Hope appealed the denial of his rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief in a criminal case from Broward County.…

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Rule 3.850 Motion For Post-Conviction Relief Rule 3.850 Retroactive Application Of Statutes Florida Rule Of Criminal Procedure 3.850

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Opinion of the Court
Klingensmith

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

LEONARD HOPE, Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-1744

[September 10, 2025]

Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Bernard Bober, Judge; L.T. Case No. 02-12382CF10A.

Leonard Hope, Doral, 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, 411 So. 3d 392 (Fla. 2025) (even if Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024), constitutes a change of law, it does not apply retroactively).

GERBER, LEVINE and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.

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