Arnaldo Lugo-Fernandez v. State of Florida

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedFebruary 4, 2026
Docket3D2025-0702
StatusPublished

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Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed February 4, 2026. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D25-0702 Lower Tribunal No. F04-29546 ________________

Arnaldo Lugo-Fernandez, Appellant,

vs.

State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Ramiro Areces, Judge.

Arnaldo Lugo-Fernandez, in proper person.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Yolande M. Samerson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before FERNANDEZ, LINDSEY, and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM. We dismiss the instant appeal because the notice of appeal was filed

more than thirty (30) days following rendition of the court’s Order Striking and

Dismissing Defendant’s Motion to Correct Sentencing Error. See Fla. R.

App. P. 9.140(b)(3) (“The defendant must file the notice prescribed by rule

9.110(d) with the clerk of the lower tribunal at any time between rendition of

a final judgment and 30 days following rendition of a written order imposing

sentence.”).

Here the Notice of Appeal was filed more than 63 days after it was due.

The Order being appealed was rendered on January 7, 2025, and furnished

to Appellant on January 8, 2025. Thus, the deadline for filing the Notice of

Appeal was on February 7, 2025.

As such, we are compelled to dismiss this appeal as untimely.

Dismissed.

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