Amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.111(e) & 3.800

OPINION ON GRANT OF REHEARING

PARIENTE, J.

After the issuance of our opinion dated November 12, 1999, the State of Florida filed a motion for rehearing or clarification asking this Court to remove the limitation on the State’s right to file a motion to correct a sentencing error. In addition, it came to this Court’s attention that uncertainty existed as to whether rule 3.800(b) was intended to apply to capital cases in which a sentence of death had been imposed. We requested responses from all interested parties, including the CARA Committee, the Criminal Rules Committee and the Appellate Rules…