Christopher Malec v. State of Florida

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedOctober 30, 2025
Docket4D2025-1593
StatusPublished

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Christopher Malec v. State of Florida, (Fla. Ct. App. 2025).

Opinion

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT

CHRISTOPHER MALEC, Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-1593

[October 30, 2025]

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Michael Usan, Judge; L.T. Case No. 10-1869CF10D.

Christopher Malec, Crawfordville, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Wainwright v. State, 411 So. 3d 392 (Fla. 2025) (holding that, even if Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024), constitutes a change in law, it does not apply retroactively to cases that were final when it was decided).

KUNTZ, C.J., MAY and FORST, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.

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