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Jeune v. State

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Jul 27, 2016
197 So. 3d 1230 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

Opinion

No. 3D16–1316.

07-27-2016

Clineford JEUNE, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Clineford Jeune, in proper person. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for respondent.


Clineford Jeune, in proper person.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for respondent.

Before SUAREZ, C.J., and ROTHENBERG, and FERNANDEZ, JJ.

Opinion

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 appealable 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). On 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.


Summaries of

Jeune v. State

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Jul 27, 2016
197 So. 3d 1230 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)
Case details for

Jeune v. State

Case Details

Full title:Clineford Jeune, Petitioner, v. The State of Florida, Respondent.

Court:Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: Jul 27, 2016

Citations

197 So. 3d 1230 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)