Legal Opinion

Stewart v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 10, 2008No. 4D08-2544PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Anthony Stewart petitions this court for a writ of certiorari seeking review of an order denying his rule 3.800(c) motion as untimely filed. The State agrees that the motion to mitigate sentence was timely filed within sixty days of this court’s mandate on direct appeal. Stewart v. State, 976 So.2d 82 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008).

Accordingly, we grant the petition and remand this case for the circuit court to consider the rule 3.800(c) motion on the merits. See Vrobel v. State, 884 So.2d 471 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); McCalla v. State, 814 So.2d 1209, 1210 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).

FARMER, TAYLOR and MAY, JJ.,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McCalla v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  2. Vrobel v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  3. Stewart v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. McCrory v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

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