Outcome n/a Florida 2012

Ricardo Valora LEZAMA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Florida District Court of Appeal · February 1, 2012 · Docket No. 2D10-5649
79 So. 3d 149

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Ricardo Valora LEZAMA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 2D10-5649. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. Feb. 1, 2012. Ricardo Valora Lezama, pro se.

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PER CURIAM.
Ricardo Valora Lezama appeals the summary denial of his motion for postcon-viction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm. See Barrios-Cruz v. State, 63 So.3d 868 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011). As in Barrios-Cruz, 63 So.3d at 870, we hold that Padilla v. Kentucky, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), does not apply retroactively in postconviction proceedings, and we certify to the Florida Supreme Court the following question of great public importance pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.030(a)(2)(A)(v):
SHOULD THE RULING IN Padilla v. Kentucky, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY IN POSTCONVICTION PROCEEDINGS?
Affirmed; question certified.
NORTHCUTT, CASANUEVA, and KELLY, JJ., Concur.

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