Case Name: Leonard PATTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-06-15
Citations: 904 So. 2d 593
Docket Number: No. 4D05-1691
Parties: Leonard PATTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GUNTHER, KLEIN and MAY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 904
Pages: 593–593

Head Matter:
Leonard PATTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D05-1691.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 15, 2005.
Leonard Patterson, Miami, pro se.
No appearance required for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the trial court's denial of appellant's rule 3.800(a) motion alleging that he was improperly sentenced in absentia, without prejudice to his filing a timely rule 3.850 motion in proper form, in light of Zuluaga v. State, 793 So.2d 60 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)(claims of improper sentencing in absentia are properly raised in a rule 3.850 motion). We do not have a sufficient record to determine whether, if appellant does file a rule 3.850 motion, it would be successive under rule 3.850(f), and this opinion should not be construed as deciding that issue.
GUNTHER, KLEIN and MAY, JJ., concur.