ANTONIO MULLER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA ANTONIO MULLER, Petitioner, v. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED CASE NO. 1D04-4635 STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________/ Opinion filed October 3, 2006. An appeal from Petition for Writ of Certiorari -- Original Jurisdiction. Antonio Muller, pro se, Petitioner. Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Alan R. Dakan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent. PER CURIAM. Petitioner seeks certiorari review of the trial court s denial of his motion for mitigation of sentence pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(c). Although an order denying a motion to mitigate sentence on the merits is not appealable, an appellate court may exercise its certiorari jurisdiction to review a case where, as in the instant case, the motion was denied for lack of jurisdiction based on the motion s untimeliness. See Atkins v. State, 851 So. 2d 829 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003); Jolly v. State, 803 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). In this case, petitioner s motion was filed within 60 days of this court s issuance of mandate on petitioner s direct appeal. Therefore, the trial court had jurisdiction to consider petitioner s motion, and its failure to do so is a departure from the essential requirements of the law. See Atkins; Jolly. Accordingly, we grant the petition for writ of certiorari, vacate the order, and remand with directions to consider petitioner s motion on its merits. ERVIN, WEBSTER, and THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR. 2
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