Case Name: Bennett K. TRESSLER, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-09-04
Citations: 120 So. 3d 634
Docket Number: No. 1D13-3642
Parties: Bennett K. TRESSLER, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: VAN NORTWICK, SWANSON, and OSTERHAUS, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 120
Pages: 634–635

Head Matter:
Bennett K. TRESSLER, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 1D13-3642.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Sept. 4, 2013.
Bennett K. Tressler, Jr., pro se, Petitioner.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Bennett K. Tressler, Jr., filed a motion to correct illegal sentence with the circuit court pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), asserting an entitlement to relief under Heggs v. State, 759 So.2d 620 (Fla.2000). The circuit court struck his motion, finding that because more than 60 days had passed since the date of Tressler's sentencing in 1996, it had no jurisdiction to modify his sentence. By a petition for writ of mandamus, Tres-sler argues that it is apparent from the circuit court's order that it misapplied the 60-day time limitation found in rule 3.800(c) to erroneously conclude that it lacked jurisdiction to address his rule 3.800(a) motion. As a relief, he seeks an order of this court directing the circuit court to properly consider and dispose of his motion to correct illegal sentence.
While it does appear that the circuit court may have erred when it found that it had no jurisdiction to entertain Tressler's rule 3.800(a) motion, the fact that it has entered an order disposing of that motion precludes the granting of mandamus relief. Accordingly, we DENY the petition for writ of mandamus. However, given that the circuit court has evidently not yet addressed the merits of his Heggs claim, we do so without prejudice to Tressler refiling a proper rule 3.800(a) motion with the circuit court.
VAN NORTWICK, SWANSON, and OSTERHAUS, JJ" concur.