Kale v. State

Full title: LEONTIS KALE, Appellant, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Sep 27, 2000

767 So. 2d 1269 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 3D00-1207.

September 27, 2000.

An appeal under Fla. R.App. P. 9.140 (i) from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Leon M. Firtel, Judge.

Leontis Kale, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and SHEVIN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Although the trial judge denied the defendant's 3.850 motion on the erroneous ground that it was untimely filed, we affirm on the authority of section 39.059 (7)(d), Florida Statutes (1995). See Cargle v. State, No. SC92031, slip op. at 7 n. 2, ___ So.2d ___, ___ n. 2, 2000 WL 1353726 (Fla. Sept. 21, 2000) (majority opinion); id. at 8-10, at ___-___ (Pariente, J., concurring).