BUTLER v. STATE (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Corey D. BUTLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-1384

Decided: August 20, 2025

Corey D. Butler, Miami, pro se. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lindsay A. Warner, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Wainwright v. State, 411 So. 3d 392 (Fla. 2025), cert. denied sub nom. Wainwright v. Florida, No. 24-7365, ––– U.S. ––––, ––– S.Ct. ––––, ––– L.Ed.2d ––––, 2025 WL 1621505 (U.S. June 9, 2025) (holding that even if Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821, 144 S.Ct. 1840, 219 L.Ed.2d 451 (2024), constitutes a change of law, it does not apply retroactively).

Per Curiam.

Kuntz, C.J., Gerber and Forst, JJ., concur.

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