IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Supreme Court of Florida
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No. SC06-1780
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IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE––RULE 3.800.
[February 8, 2007]
PER CURIAM.
On its own motion, the Court amends Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a).1 The amendment adds the requirement that an order denying a motion to correct an illegal sentence under rule 3.800(a) expressly state that the movant has the right to appeal within thirty days of rendition of the order. The amendment was published for comment in The Florida Bar News on October 1, 2006. All comments received were in support of the amendment.
Accordingly, Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) is amended as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring. The amendment shall become effective immediately upon the release of this opinion.
It is so ordered.
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur.
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS.
Original Proceeding – Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure
William C. Vose, Chair, The Florida Bar Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Orlando, Florida and John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Paula S. Saunders, Co-Chair, The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (â€
