Robert Lee Cook v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT ROBERT LEE COOK, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D14-822 [March 25, 2015] Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Charles E. Burton, Judge; L.T. Case No. 50-2010-CF-006653-AXXX-MB. Robert Lee Cook, Arcadia, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Nancy Jack, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Robert Lee Cook appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We accept the state’s partial concession and reverse and remand to allow Cook an opportunity to amend claim six pursuant to Spera v. State, 971 So. 2d 754 (Fla. 2007), and Alcorn v. State, 121 So. 3d 419 (Fla. 2013). We affirm the trial court’s denial of the remaining claims. The trial court denied the motion based on the State’s response which argued that Cook should be granted sixty days to file an amended motion with respect to claim six. The trial court provided no explanation other than to incorporate the State’s response into the order of denial. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the trial court to allow Cook an opportunity to correct the pleading deficiencies in claim six if he can do so in good faith. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850(f)(3). Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. DAMOORGIAN, C.J., LEVINE and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. 2