Jeune v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Jeune v. State

197 So. 3d 1230, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 11383, 2016 WL 4035988

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida

DecidedJuly 27, 2016

DocketNo. 3D16-1316

StatusPublished

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Jeune v. State, 197 So. 3d 1230, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 11383, 2016 WL 4035988 (Fla. Ct. App. 2016).

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FERNANDEZ, J.

Clineford Jeune appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to mitigate sentence as untimely. An order denying a motion to mitigate sentence is not an ap-pealable order; however, we treat the notice of appeal as a petition for a writ of certiorari and grant the petition because the trial court incorrectly determined that the motion was untimely. See Diaz v. State, 931 So.2d 1002 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006).

[1231]*1231On November 5, 2015, Jeune was sentenced to five years in state prison on a probation violation. The sentence was appealed and a mandate affirming was entered on April 12, 2016. Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(c) permits the filing of a motion to mitigate sentence and requires that the motion be filed within sixty days of the entry of the sentence, or within sixty days from the date that the sentence becomes final by the issuance of an appellate mandate. Jeune filed his motion on April 24, 2016; therefore, his motion is timely and he was entitled to consideration of the motion on the merits.

Order quashed and cause remanded.

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FERNANDEZ, J.

Clineford Jeune appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to mitigate sentence as untimely. An order denying a motion to mitigate sentence is not an ap-pealable order; however, we treat the notice of appeal as a petition for a writ of certiorari and grant the petition because the trial court incorrectly determined that the motion was untimely. See Diaz v. State, 931 So.2d 1002 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006).

[1231]*1231On November 5, 2015, Jeune was sentenced to five years in state prison on a probation violation. The sentence was appealed and a mandate affirming was entered on April 12, 2016. Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(c) permits the filing of a motion to mitigate sentence and requires that the motion be filed within sixty days of the entry of the sentence, or within sixty days from the date that the sentence becomes final by the issuance of an appellate mandate. Jeune filed his motion on April 24, 2016; therefore, his motion is timely and he was entitled to consideration of the motion on the merits.

Order quashed and cause remanded.

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