Case Name: Joshua POWELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-03-26
Citations: 979 So. 2d 1062
Docket Number: No. 3D08-407
Parties: Joshua POWELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before RAMIREZ and SALTER, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 979
Pages: 1062–1062

Head Matter:
Joshua POWELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D08-407.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 26, 2008.
Joshua Powell, in proper person.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before RAMIREZ and SALTER, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Joshua Powell, pro se, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to mitigate sentence under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800. The trial court denied the motion for lack of jurisdiction, noting that it was filed November 15, 2007, over sixty days after Powell was sentenced.
Under Rule 3.800(c), a motion to mitigate sentence is also timely if filed "within 60 days after receipt by the court of a mandate issued by the appellate court on affirmance of the judgment and/or sentence on an original appeal." In this ease, Powell claims this Court's mandate in a prior appeal, Powell v. State, 963 So.2d 717 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007), was entered October 12, 2007, such that his motion was timely.
However, the prior case in this Court referred to by Powell was not an original appeal from the judgment or sentence. Rather, that case reviewed the denial of other post-conviction motions by Powell. As a result, the trial court correctly held that Powell's 2007 motion to mitigate was untimely.
Affirmed.