TARRESSE LEONARD v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedJune 21, 2023
Docket23-0023
StatusPublished

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Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed June 21, 2023. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D23-0023 Lower Tribunal Nos. F96-8613, F96-8615, & F96-8611 ________________

Tarresse Leonard, Appellant,

vs.

The State of Florida, Appellee.

An appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Laura Anne Stuzin, Judge.

Tarresse Leonard, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before EMAS, MILLER, and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See State v. Smith, 547 So. 2d 613, 616 (Fla. 1989) (“[I]t is

firmly established law that the statutes in effect at the time of commission of

a crime control as to the offenses for which the perpetrator can be convicted,

as well as the punishments which may be imposed.”); Walton v. State, 246

So. 3d 246, 252 (Fla. 2018) (“Viewing decisional changes in the law as newly

discovered ‘facts’ would erase the need for a retroactivity analysis pursuant

to [Witt v. State, 387 So. 2d 922 (Fla. 1980)].”).

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Related

Witt v. State
387 So. 2d 922 (Supreme Court of Florida, 1980)
State v. Smith
547 So. 2d 613 (Supreme Court of Florida, 1989)
Walton v. State
246 So. 3d 246 (Supreme Court of Florida, 2018)

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