Legal Opinion

Gallegos v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 13, 2011No. 2D09-4699, 2D09-4704PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CASANUEVA, Chief Judge.

We affirm Mr. Gallegos’ judgments and sentences without comment. However, we write to direct the trial court on remand to strike the postsentence order that it entered without jurisdiction.

On August 5, 2010, while this appeal was pending, Mr. Gallegos filed in the trial court a motion to correct sentence pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). The trial court must rule on such a motion within sixty days of filing or it is deemed denied. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.800(b)(1)(B). However, it did not issue an order on the motion until January 20, 2011, long…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mapp v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009
  2. Miran v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  3. Jackson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Youman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  2. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011

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