Court Opinion

ID: 4269829
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Date Created: 2018-04-25 16:05:56.138064+00
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D17-1194
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SAMEER OKASHAH,

    Appellant,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
Angela C. Dempsey, Judge.

                           April 25, 2018

PER CURIAM.

     In this direct criminal appeal, Appellant, Sameer Okashah,
seeks review of his conviction for failure to remit state sales taxes
and raises two issues. We affirm Appellant’s judgment and
sentence as to the first issue without discussion. However, we
dismiss the appeal as to the second issue, in which Appellant
asserts that the trial court erred by imposing restitution after he
had filed the notice of appeal of the judgment and sentence,
because we lack jurisdiction given his failure to file a notice of
appeal challenging the restitution order. See Turner v. State, 40
So. 3d 925, 926 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) (holding that the Court was
constrained to dismiss the portion of the appeal challenging the
imposition of restitution after the appellant had filed a notice of
appeal of his judgment and sentence because he failed to file a
separate notice of appeal of the restitution order); see also
Pennywell v. Dep’t of Revenue ex rel. Woodard, 62 So. 3d 19, 20
(Fla. 1st DCA 2011) (explaining that in order for an appellate court
to have jurisdiction over an appeal,“[a] notice of appeal must be
filed within 30 days after rendition of the order to be reviewed”
(citing Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.110(b)).

    AFFIRMED in part and DISMISSED in part.

LEWIS, ROBERTS, and JAY, JJ., concur.

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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Candice K. Brower, Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel,
Melissa J. Ford, Assistant Conflict Counsel, Tallahassee, for
Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Jason W. Rodriguez,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

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