Bacchus v. State

958 So.2d 1016 (2007)

Marvin BACCHUS, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 1D06-5272.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 31, 2007.

Marvin Bacchus, pro se, Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Betty Cheramie, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Petitioner seeks certiorari review of the trial court's denial of his motion for mitigation of sentence pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(c). The trial court denied the Petitioner's motion on the mistaken belief that it no longer had jurisdiction to rule. Because the motion was…