Case Name: Ricardo MONTANEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-12-21
Citations: 630 So. 2d 1163
Docket Number: No. 91-2381
Parties: Ricardo MONTANEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J. , and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 630
Pages: 1163–1164

Head Matter:
Ricardo MONTANEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-2381.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 21, 1993.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 22, 1994.
Rehearing Stricken March 31, 1994.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Anthony C. Musto, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Randall Sutton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J. , and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Chief Judge Schwartz did not hear oral argument but participated in the decision.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The single issue we address is whether failure of an assistant state attorney to sign an information voids the charging document. In Dobson v. State, 434 So.2d 332 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), we held that an unsigned information was void, citing Sullivan v. Leatherman, 48 So.2d 836 (Fla.1950). Subsequent to Sullivan, the supreme court adopted Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.140(g), which provides that an objection to the lack of a proper signature on an information is waived if the defendant fails to raise the issue prior to pleading to the substantive charges. The objection, made for the first time in this appeal, is untimely. See Holt v. State, 516 So.2d 25 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) (motion to dismiss prosecution on ground that information was not signed by state attorney, made after public defendant had filed written plea of not guilty, was untimely).
The remaining points on appeal are without merit.
Affirmed.