Brewster v. State

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT STEPHEN BREWSTER, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellee. ) ___________________________________) Case No. 2D16-2714 Opinion filed March 22, 2017. Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Sarasota County; Thomas W. Krug, Judge. Stephen Brewster, pro se. PER CURIAM. Stephen Brewster appeals an order striking as successive his claims in his motion for postconviction relief filed with the clerk on December 4, 2015, in twelve separate cases below. Without commenting on the merits of Mr. Brewster's claims or any other procedural bar that may exist to his claims, we reverse and remand for further proceedings for the reasons expressed in Brewster v. State, 203 So. 3d 956 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016). On remand, the postconviction court shall reconsider each of Mr. Brewster's claims in accordance with our decision in Brewster, 203 So. 3d 956. WALLACE, MORRIS, and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.

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