Case Name: Eric Ivan GARCIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-10-04
Citations: 128 So. 3d 115
Docket Number: No. 5D12-4238
Parties: Eric Ivan GARCIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: TORPY, C.J. and LAWSON, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 128
Pages: 115–115

Head Matter:
Eric Ivan GARCIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D12-4238.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Oct. 4, 2013.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 12, 2013.
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Thomas J. Lukashow, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Eric Ivan Garcia, Lake City, pro se.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
ORFINGER, J.
In this Anders appeal, Eric I. Garcia seeks review of an order denying his motion to withdraw his plea after sentencing.
Garcia's motion to withdraw his plea was untimely, as it was filed more than thirty days after rendition of the sentence. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.170(0- As explained in Gafford v. State, 783 So.2d 1191 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001), the failure to file a timely motion to withdraw a plea waives appellate review of issues related to the plea, and the defendant must seek relief by filing a timely rule 3.850 motion. See Griffin v. State, 114 So.3d 890, 899 (Fla.2013) ("A number of district courts have correctly held that failure to file a motion to withdraw the plea within thirty days waives the issue for appellate review, and the defendant is limited to filing a motion pursuant to applicable Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 or 3.851." (citing McKnight v. State, 964 So.2d 803, 804 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007); Dayton v. State, 867 So.2d 647 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004); Weidner v. State, 767 So.2d 604 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000))). Accordingly, we affirm the order denying Garcia's motion to withdraw his plea without prejudice to raise the voluntariness of his plea in a timely rule 3.850 motion.
AFFIRMED.
TORPY, C.J. and LAWSON, J., concur.
. Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).