SPENCER A. BROOKS, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 2004-03-24
No. 4D02-4611
WARNER, STEVÉNSON and GROSS, Jj., concur.
867 So. 2d 1276 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2004) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant moved to correct his sentence pursuant to rule 3.800(b)(1), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, but the trial court failed to rule within sixty days as required under the rule. Thus, the motion was deemed denied. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.800(b)(1)(B). Although the court later granted the motion and reduced his sentence, that order is considered a nullity. See Cliatt v. State, 773 So. 2d 610, 611 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000). Nevertheless, in case number 01-14442, the state concedes that appellant’s sentence should have been reduced to nine months, as the trial court did in its untimely order. Reversed and remanded for resentencing in accordance with this opinion.

WARNER, STEVÉNSON and GROSS, Jj., concur.


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