History
  • No items yet
midpage
State v. Rodriguez
326 So. 2d 245
Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
1976
Check Treatment
PER CURIAM.

By this common law petition for certio-rari, the State calls on for review an order by the trial judge mitigating a sentence more than sixty days after he had imposed same and subsequent to a change in the term of the court.

We quash the order here under review. After the expiration of time for filing a motion to mitigate [see: Rule 3.-800(b) RCrP], the court lost jurisdiction to mitigate a sentence. State v. Evans, Fla.App.1969, 225 So.2d 548; Ware v. State, Fla.App.1970, 231 So.2d 872; Sayer v. State, Fla.App.1972, 267 So.2d 42; State v. Brown, Fla.App.1975, 308 So.2d 655. It is also apparent that the term of court, in which the original sentence had been entered, had expired and the court was in a new term; therefore, it lacked the power to mitigate the sentence. Compare Troupe v. Rowe, Fla.1973, 283 So.2d 857; Jones v. State, Fla.App.1974, 297 So.2d 93.

Therefore, the order under review be and the same is hereby quashed, and the matter is returned to the trial court with directions to provide that the respondent comply with the original sentence as entered.

Case Details

Case Name: State v. Rodriguez
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Feb 3, 1976
Citation: 326 So. 2d 245
Docket Number: No. 75-1336
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
AI-generated responses must be verified and are not legal advice.
Your Notebook is empty. To add cases, bookmark them from your search, or select Add Cases to extract citations from a PDF or a block of text.