Case Name: Bennett Andre SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-12-03
Citations: 390 So. 2d 813
Docket Number: No. 80-175
Parties: Bennett Andre SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: COBB and FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 390
Pages: 813–813

Head Matter:
Bennett Andre SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 80-175.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 3, 1980.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Mary Sue Donsky, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Evelyn D. Golden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dayto-na Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
COWART, Judge.
On September 20, 1979, appellant suffered an adverse jury verdict and a written judgment and order imposing sentence was entered. The trial court extended the time for filing a motion for new trial "to the maximum period allowed by law." Under Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.590(a) this was fifteen days after the rendition of the verdict, or until October 5, 1979. The motion for new trial was filed October 8, 1979, and denied on December 17, 1979. Notice of appeal was filed on January 16, 1980.
Notice of appeal from a final judgment of conviction must be filed between rendition and thirty days following the entry of the written order imposing sentence. Fla. R.App.P. 9.140(b)(2). Rendition of a written order is delayed by an authorized and timely motion for new trial. Fla.R.App.P. 9.020(g).
Since appellant's motion for new trial was not timely it did not serve to delay the rendition of the signed written final judgment imposing sentence and did not toll the running of the time for filing his notice of appeal which expired on October 20, 1979.
We have no jurisdiction. The appeal is
DISMISSED.
COBB and FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., JJ., concur.