{"id":813,"date":"2022-07-28T07:33:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T11:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampacriminallawyer.net\/?p=813"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:14:49","slug":"florida-court-discusses-timeliness-of-post-conviction-motions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-court-discusses-timeliness-of-post-conviction-motions\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Court Discusses Timeliness of Post-Conviction Motions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People convicted of crimes often believe they have no further recourse. In some cases, however, they may have grounds for arguing that their conviction should be vacated. They must do so within the time constraints established by law, however, otherwise, their request may be denied as untimely, as illustrated in a recent Florida ruling in which the court denied a defendant\u2019s request to vacate his bank fraud and identity theft convictions. If you are accused of committing a white collar crime, it is important to understand your rights, and you should consult a Tampa white collar crime defense lawyer as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Procedural History of the Case<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is alleged that the defendant was indicted by a federal jury for aiding and abetting bank fraud and aiding and abetting identity theft. He subsequently pleaded guilty to the identity theft offense via a plea agreement; as part of the agreement, he waived the right to appeal his sentence. The defendant was sentenced to 24 months in prison. Over two years later, he filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/forms\/civil-forms\/motion-vacateset-aside-sentence-motion-under-28-usc-ss-2255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">motion<\/a> to vacate his conviction and sentence.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Timeliness of Post-Conviction Motions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court ultimately denied the defendant\u2019s motion as untimely. The court explained that pursuant to the AEDPA (the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act), a person serving a sentence in a federal prison can move to correct, vacate, or set aside their sentence within a one-year period. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-court-discusses-timeliness-of-post-conviction-motions\/#more-813\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People convicted of crimes often believe they have no further recourse. In some cases, however, they may have grounds for arguing that their conviction should be vacated. They must do so within the time constraints established by law, however, otherwise, their request may be denied as untimely, as illustrated in a recent Florida ruling in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-white-collar-crime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Timeliness of Post-Conviction Motions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out how late is \u201ctoo late\u201d for post-conviction motions in Florida and why filing on time can save your chance at relief.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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