Title: In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.192
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC17-1522
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: November 9, 2017

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC17-1522 
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IN RE:  AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA 
RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.192. 
 
[November 9, 2017] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
This matter is before the Court for consideration of the out-of-cycle report of 
The Florida Bar’s Criminal Procedure Rules Committee seeking clarification of the 
most recent amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.192 (Motions for 
Rehearing).  See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(e).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, 
§ 2(a), Fla. Const. 
 
Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.192 pertains to motions for rehearing 
in non-postconviction relief cases.  The rule was first adopted in 2009 in case 
number SC09-159 and became effective January 1, 2010.  See In re Amends. to 
Fla. R. Crim. Pro., 26 So. 3d 534 (Fla. 2009).  Rule 3.192 has been amended twice 
since, in two separate cases in 2015.  See In re Amends. to Fla. R. Crim. Pro., 167 
So. 3d 395 (Fla. 2015) (Case No. SC15-290; effective June 11, 2015); In re 
 
 
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Amends. to Fla. R. Crim. Pro., 188 So. 3d 764 (Fla. 2015) (Case No. SC15-177; 
effective Jan. 1, 2016).   
Inadvertently, the amendments that were adopted and made effective in Case 
No. SC15-290 on June 11, 2015, were not included in rule 3.192 as subsequently 
amended in Case No. SC15-177 and issued on October 29, 2015.  To clarify the 
2015 amendments to rule 3.192, the Court reiterates what language was deleted or 
added to the rule, as discussed below. 
In the first opinion amending rule 3.192 in 2015, In re Amendments to the 
Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, 167 So. 3d 395 (Fla. 2015), the rule was 
amended as follows including the deleted language in struck-through text and the 
new language as underlined: 
RULE 3.192. 
MOTIONS FOR REHEARING 
 
When an appeal by the state is authorized by Florida Rule of 
Appellate Procedure 9.140, or sections 924.07 or 924.071, Florida 
Statutes, the state may file a motion for rehearing within 10 days of an 
order subject to appellate review.  A motion for rehearing shall state 
with particularity the points of law or fact that, in the opinion of the 
state, the court has overlooked or misapprehended in its decision, and 
shall not present issues not previously raised in the proceeding.  A 
response may be filed within 10 days of service of the motion.  The 
trial court’s order disposing of the motion for rehearing shall be filed 
within 15 days of the response but not later than 40 days from the date 
of the order of which rehearing is sought.  If no order is filed within 
40 days, the motion is deemed denied. A timely filed motion for 
rehearing shall toll rendition of the order subject to appellate review 
and the order shall be deemed rendered 40 days from the order of 
which rehearing is sought, or upon the filing of a signed, written order 
denying the motion for rehearing, whichever is earlier.  This rule shall 
 
 
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not apply to post-conviction proceedings pursuant to rule 3.800(a), 
3.850, 3.851, or 3.853.  Nothing in this rule precludes the trial court 
from exercising its inherent authority to reconsider a ruling while the 
court has jurisdiction of the case. 
 
Id. at 397. 
 
 
In the second opinion amending rule 3.192 in 2015, In re Amendments to the 
Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, 188 So. 3d 764 (Fla. 2015), the rule was 
amended as follows including the deleted language in struck-through text and the 
new language as underlined: 
RULE 3.192. 
MOTIONS FOR REHEARING 
 
When an appeal by the state is authorized by Florida Rule of 
Appellate Procedure 9.140, or sections 924.07 or 924.071, Florida 
Statutes, the state may file a motion for rehearing within 10 days of an 
order subject to appellate review.  A motion for rehearing shall state 
with particularity the points of law or fact that, in the opinion of the 
state, the court has overlooked or misapprehended in its decision, and 
shall not present issues not previously raised in the proceeding.  A 
response may be filed within 10 days of service of the motion.  The 
trial court’s order disposing of the motion for rehearing shall be filed 
within 15 days of the response but not later than 40 days from the date 
of the order of which rehearing is sought.  If no order is filed within 
40 days, the motion is deemed denied.  A timely filed motion for 
rehearing shall toll rendition of the order subject to appellate review 
and the order shall be deemed rendered 40 days from the order of 
which rehearing is sought, or upon the filing of a written order 
denying the motion for rehearing, whichever is earlier.  This rule shall 
not apply to post-convictionpostconviction proceedings pursuant to 
rule 3.800(a), 3.801, 3.850, 3.851, or 3.853.  Nothing in this rule 
precludes the trial court from exercising its inherent authority to 
reconsider a ruling while the court has jurisdiction of the case. 
 
Id. at 771. 
 
 
 
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As evident in reviewing the language of the latter rule amendment, the 
amendments previously adopted were not included in the subsequent opinion.  
Accordingly, based upon the amendments adopted by the Court in Case Nos. 
SC15-290 and SC15-177, rule 3.192 should read as follows: 
RULE 3.192. 
MOTIONS FOR REHEARING 
 
When an appeal by the state is authorized by Florida Rule of 
Appellate Procedure 9.140, or sections 924.07 or 924.071, Florida 
Statutes, the state may file a motion for rehearing within 10 days of an 
order subject to appellate review.  A motion for rehearing shall state 
with particularity the points of law or fact that, in the opinion of the 
state, the court has overlooked or misapprehended in its decision, and 
shall not present issues not previously raised in the proceeding.  A 
response may be filed within 10 days of service of the motion.  The 
trial court’s order disposing of the motion for rehearing shall be filed 
within 15 days of the response but not later than 40 days from the date 
of the order of which rehearing is sought.  A timely filed motion for 
rehearing shall toll rendition of the order subject to appellate review 
and the order shall be deemed rendered upon the filing of a signed, 
written order denying the motion for rehearing.  This rule shall not 
apply to postconviction proceedings pursuant to rule 3.800(a), 3.801, 
3.850, 3.851, or 3.853.  Nothing in this rule precludes the trial court 
from exercising its inherent authority to reconsider a ruling while the 
court has jurisdiction of the case. 
 
Rule 3.192, as amended in the Court’s prior opinions, is shown fully engrossed in 
the Appendix to this opinion. 
 
It is so ordered. 
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, 
and LAWSON, JJ., concur. 
 
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER THE 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS. 
 
 
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Original Proceeding – Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 
 
Judge Jon Berkley Morgan, Chair, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, 
Kissimmee, Florida; and John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, and Heather 
Savage Telfer, Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
 
 
 
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APPENDIX 
RULE 3.192. MOTIONS FOR REHEARING 
When an appeal by the state is authorized by Florida Rule of Appellate 
Procedure 9.140, or sections 924.07 or 924.071, Florida Statutes, the state may file 
a motion for rehearing within 10 days of an order subject to appellate review. A 
motion for rehearing shall state with particularity the points of law or fact that, in 
the opinion of the state, the court has overlooked or misapprehended in its 
decision, and shall not present issues not previously raised in the proceeding. A 
response may be filed within 10 days of service of the motion. The trial court’s 
order disposing of the motion for rehearing shall be filed within 15 days of the 
response but not later than 40 days from the date of the order of which rehearing is 
sought. A timely filed motion for rehearing shall toll rendition of the order subject 
to appellate review and the order shall be deemed rendered upon the filing of a 
signed, written order denying the motion for rehearing. This rule shall not apply to 
postconviction proceedings pursuant to rule 3.800(a), 3.801, 3.850, 3.851, or 
3.853. Nothing in this rule precludes the trial court from exercising its inherent 
authority to reconsider a ruling while the court has jurisdiction of the case.