DAMIEN MCKENZIE, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
PER CURIAM.
The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for aggravated assault with a firearm. He raises three issues, none of which warrant a reversal. We therefore affirm, but write to address the trial court’s suggestion that the defendant waived the motion to suppress by failing to file it prior to trial.
Rule 3.190(h) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure provides that a “motion to suppress shall be made before trial unless opportunity therefor did not exist or the defendant was not aware of the grounds for the motion, but the court may entertain the motion or an appropriate objection at the trial.” This rule provides the trial court with discretion to entertain a motion to suppress at trial. In this case, the trial court indicated that the defendant had waived any motion to suppress by failing to file a written motion prior to trial. A motion to suppress is not automatically waived by not having been filed prior to trial. However, having reviewed the merits of the defendant’s prof-ferred motion, we find the court’s reliance on waiver to be harmless.
Affirmed.
GUNTHER, KLEIN and MAY, JJ., concur.
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