Dacosta v. State

Full title: MARK LEE DACOSTA, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 12, 2003

842 So. 2d 935 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

Opinion

Case No. 4D03-481.

Opinion filed March 12, 2003. Rehearing Denied April 30, 2003.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800(a) motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Victor Tobin, Judge; L.T. Case No. 91-16975 CF.

Mark Lee DaCosta, Punta Gorda, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the trial court's denial of relief, without prejudice to appellant presenting his gain-time challenge to the Department of Corrections. If appellant is not satisfied with the Department of Correction's ruling, then he can file a petition for writ of mandamus with the appropriate circuit court. See Taylor v. State, 780 So.2d 955 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Black v. State, 771 So.2d 1231, 1232 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).

FARMER, KLEIN and GROSS, JJ., concur.