Case Name: Jeffrey GROSSE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-08-12
Citations: 511 So. 2d 688
Docket Number: No. 87-0346
Parties: Jeffrey GROSSE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DOWNEY, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 511
Pages: 688–690

Head Matter:
Jeffrey GROSSE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-0346.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 12, 1987.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 17, 1987.
Jeffrey Grosse, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert S. Jaegers, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
STONE, Judge.
The defendant appeals an order denying a motion for reduction of sentence. The motion to mitigate was timely filed with the clerk, but no hearing was scheduled and no action taken within 60 days after imposition of sentence. The trial judge correctly determined that therefore the court lacked jurisdiction pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b). See State v. Smith, 360 So.2d 21 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 366 So.2d 885 (Fla.1978); Sayer v. State, 267 So.2d 42 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972); Wilson v. State, 487 So.2d 1130 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 496 So.2d 143 (Fla.1986); State v. Mancil, 354 So.2d 1258 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978); State v. Sotto, 348 So.2d 1222 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977), cert. denied, 359 So.2d 1219 (Fla.1978).
Appellant contends that he has suffered an injustice, as it was not his fault that his motion sat in the court file while the time period expired. However, not only was it his responsibility, even acting pro se, to schedule a hearing, but we note that there is not even an indication of notice to the state. The court clerk has no responsibility to notice hearings. This is the duty of parties under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.060. Although the result may be harsh on a pro se petitioner, there is no discretion where the court has lost jurisdiction. We have also considered Smith v. State, 471 So.2d 1347 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985), and State v. Golden, 382 So.2d 815 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), but find them inapposite. The order of the trial court is therefore affirmed.
DOWNEY, J., concurs.
ANSTEAD, J., specially concurs with opinion.