STEPHEN COPPOLA, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA
STEPHEN COPPOLA,
Appellant,
v.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED.
CASE NO. 1D09-4462
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed December 8, 2009.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County.
W. Joel Boles, Judge.
Stephen Coppola, pro se, Appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Appellant appeals an order designating him as a sexual predator upon the
state’s motion made pursuant to section 775.21(5)(c), Florida Statutes. Appellant
moved for rehearing and appealed when rehearing was denied. We find that our
jurisdiction was not timely invoked because there is no authorization for a motion
for rehearing directed to such an order. This appeal is therefore dismissed. See
Griffis v. State, 593 So. 2d 308 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992) (abrogated by rule
amendment, Amendments to the Fla. R. Crim. P., 886 So. 2d 197, 210 (Fla. 2004));
Ward v. Bragg, 957 So. 2d 670 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007); Lewis v. State, 928 So. 2d
384 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006); Potucek v. Smeja, 419 So. 2d 1192 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982);
Nationwide Ins. Co. v. Forrest, 682 So. 2d 672 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).
KAHN, LEWIS, and WETHERELL, JJ., CONCUR.
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