Case Name: Elonzell W. SUGGS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-08-10
Citations: 878 So. 2d 1289
Docket Number: No. 1D04-1074
Parties: Elonzell W. SUGGS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAVIS, LEWIS and POLSTON, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 878
Pages: 1289–1290

Head Matter:
Elonzell W. SUGGS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D04-1074.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 10, 2004.
Appellant, pro se.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General; Linda Horton Dodson and Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant filed a motion in the trial court pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The trial court denied the motion as untimely. However, because the motion was filed within two years of his conviction and sentence becoming final, the motion was timely. See Gust v. State, 535 So.2d 642, 643 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). Thus, the trial court had jurisdiction to consider the appellant's motion on its merits and the trial court therefore erred in denying it as untimely.
We accordingly reverse the order and remand with directions to consider the petitioner's motion on its merits.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
DAVIS, LEWIS and POLSTON, JJ" concur.