Mitchell v. State, 282 So. 2d 648

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING MOTION TO DISMISS

MANN, Chief Judge.

The State’s original motion to dismiss was directed to a ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‍notice purporting to appeal from “denial of Defendant’s Motion to Suppress Evidence” but indicating that a final disposition of the case had thereafter been made. We would have inclined to treat the notice of appeal ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‍as directed to the final judgment and thus to allow the alleged impropriety of any action of the trial judge to be assigned as error.1 Now the State has filed a petition for rehearing, supplemented by ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‍a certificate of the clerk of the trial court to the effect that there has never been a final judgment entered. In view of this fact, the order appealed from is not an appealable order.2 and ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‍we treat the petition for rehearing as a second motion to dismiss, properly supported and well taken. Therefore the State’s motion to dismiss is granted, without prejudice to the right of appellant to timely file ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‍a notice of appeal directed to final judgment.

McNULTY and BOARDMAN, JJ, concur.

Notes

. Huie v. State, Fla.1957, 92 So.2d 264.

. Id.

Case Details

Case Name: Mitchell v. State

Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida

Date Published: Sep 14, 1973

Citations: 282 So. 2d 648; 1973 Fla. App. LEXIS 7568; No. 73-209

Docket Number: No. 73-209

Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.