Case Name: Timothy OVERWAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-10-26
Citations: 769 So. 2d 520
Docket Number: No. 5D99-3456
Parties: Timothy OVERWAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: THOMPSON, C.J., and PETERSON, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 769
Pages: 520–521

Head Matter:
Timothy OVERWAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D99-3456.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Oct. 26, 2000.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Anne Moorman Reeves, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Mary G. Jolley, Assistant Attorney General, and Ann M. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant filed a Rule 3.800(b) motion below on March 2, 2000, prior to submitting a brief in this cause. When the 60-day period from the filing of appellant's motion expired on May 1, 2000, without a ruling by the trial court, the motion was deemed denied and the clerk of the circuit court was required to promptly file a supplemental record with a statement that no order had been entered. The clerk has now done so and appellant has also filed an initial brief, with a motion to accept the brief as timely. However, the brief does not address the sentencing issue raised in the Rule 3.800(b) motion, probably because the trial court belatedly granted the motion. Contrary to appellant's suggestion, we cannot construe the belated order as timely and find that the order on the motion entered by the trial court after the 60-day period expired is a nullity. Therefore, appellant may file an amended brief within 10 days of the date of this decision, raising any sentencing errors preserved by the motion.
THOMPSON, C.J., and PETERSON, J., concur.
HARRIS, J., concurs and concurs specially, with opinion.