Case Name: Miguel BENITEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-10-19
Citations: 201 So. 3d 850
Docket Number: No. 3D15-1638
Parties: Miguel BENITEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG and SCALES, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 201
Pages: 850–851

Head Matter:
Miguel BENITEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D15-1638.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 19, 2016.
Miguel Benitez, in proper person.
.Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG and SCALES, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
On Motion to Withdraw Mandate
On November 19, 2004, Appellant Miguel Benitez was charged with two counts of aggravated battery. Following Benitez's plea of guilty, Benitez was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to 366 days of imprisonment followed by three years of probation. Benitez subsequently violated his probation. On December 2, 2008, following a revocation of probation hearing, Ben-itez was sentenced to a total of fifteen years in prison on both counts.
On April 30, 2015, Benitez filed a pro se motion pursuant to rule 3.800(a) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure alleging that his sentence was illegal. The trial court summarily denied Benitez's motion and. Benitez timely appealed the trial court's denial. On August 26, 2015, this Court issued its per curiam affirmance of the trial court's • order and our mandate issued on September 25, 2015.
After our affirmance opinion was issued, but prior to the issuance of the mandate, Benitez untimely filed his initial brief "with this Court. Benitez then filed several notices of inquiry and letters to this Court which we treat, collectively, as Benitez's motion- to withdraw our September 25, 2015 mandate. We grant Benitez's motion to withdraw our mandate. Next, we treat Benitez's untimely initial brief as a motion for rehearing of our August 26, 2015 affir-mance, which we deny.
We direct the Clerk of this Court to issue a new mandate.
. While an appellant appealing a trial court's summary denial of a rule 3.800(a) motion need not file an initial brief, if an appellant chooses to file an initial brief, the brief -must be filed within thirty days of the filing of the notice of appeal. Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2)(C)©.