Court Opinion

ID: 9954870
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-03-27 13:02:20.680714+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:15:05.857771
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
                        SECOND DISTRICT

                      KERVIN MORENO MUJICA, SR.,

                                  Appellant,

                                       v.

                            STATE OF FLORIDA,

                                   Appellee.

                               No. 2D23-2594

                               March 27, 2024

Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for
Pasco County; Mary M. Handsel, Judge.

Kervin Moreno Mujica, Sr., pro se.

KHOUZAM, Judge.
      The order on appeal is affirmed without prejudice to Mr. Mujica's
right to refile the "Motion Ineffective Assistance of Counsel" and "Petition
Introduction 3.850/2254" and to file the "Petition Collateral Review" in
the trial court after his direct appeal is final. See Bunkley v. State, 800
So. 2d 663, 664 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) ("A prematurely filed motion for
postconviction relief should be dismissed by a trial court and may be
refiled after the direct appeal is final."); see also Beaty v. State, 701 So.
2d 856, 857 (Fla. 1997) (holding the two-year period for filing a motion
under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 begins to run upon the
issuance of the mandate from a direct appeal). This opinion shall not be
construed as commenting on the merits of these filings.
     Affirmed.
KELLY and BLACK, JJ., Concur.

Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.

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