JOSEPH H. BRYANT, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 1999-07-14
Nos. 99-1860, 99-1865
GUNTHER, STEVENSON and GROSS, JJ., concur.
737 So. 2d 599 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1999) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We consolidate, for purposes of this opinion only, appellant’s related Rule 3.800(a) and Rule 3.850 appeals.

The order summarily denying appellant’s Rule 3.800(a) motion is affirmed, as his claim of alleged scoresheet error-the inclusion of felonies belonging not to appellant but to his brother--is a claim that is not apparent from the face of the scoresheet and thus is not cognizable pursuant to Rule 3.800(a). See Hernandez v. State, 698 So. 2d 906 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

We affirm the dismissal of appellant’s Rule 3.850 motion pursuant to appellant’s voluntary motion to dismiss without prejudice, without prejudice to his timely refiling it. As the motion was dismissed before the trial court could consider it on the merits, a subsequent motion will not be considered successive. See Cabrera v. State, 721 So. 2d 1190, 1191 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).

GUNTHER, STEVENSON and GROSS, JJ., concur.


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