Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Jeffrey C. HIEBER, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-12-21
Citations: 553 So. 2d 704
Docket Number: No. 73531
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Jeffrey C. HIEBER, Respondent.
Judges: EHRLICH, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 553
Pages: 704–704

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Jeffrey C. HIEBER, Respondent.
No. 73531.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Dec. 21, 1989.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Stephen A. Baker and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner.
Stanford R. Solomon of Rudnick & Wolfe, Tampa, for respondent.

Opinion:
McDONALD, Justice.
We have for review State v. Hieber, 541 So.2d 1208 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988), in which the district court certified conflict with State v. Williams, 463 So.2d 525 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). In Hieber the court dismissed the state's appeal of Hieber's downward departure sentence because the state's notice of appeal was untimely. We recently disapproved Williams and held that the state's notice of appeal is untimely if not filed within fifteen days of pronouncement of sentence. Fox v. District Court of Appeal, Fourth District, 553 So.2d 161 (Fla.1989). We therefore approve Hieber.
It is so ordered.
EHRLICH, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
We have jurisdiction pursuant to art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.