Legal Opinion
Patterson v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 15, 2005No. 4D05-1691PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
904 So.2d 593 (2005)
Leonard PATTERSON, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D05-1691.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 15, 2005.
Leonard Patterson, Miami, pro se.
No appearance required for appellee.
2Per curiam
We affirm the trial court's denial of appellant's rule 3.800(a) motion alleging that he was improperly sentenced in absentia, without prejudice to his filing a timely rule 3.850 motion in proper form, in light of Zuluaga v. State, 793 So.2d 60 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)(claims of improper sentencing in absentia are properly raised in a rule 3.850 motion). We do not have a…
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