GUNDER V. STATE
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JANUARY TERM, A.D. 2004 LONNIE R. GUNDER, ** ** Appellant, vs. ** CASE NO. 3D04-172 ** THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ** ** LOWER TRIBUNAL CASE NO. 03-24954 Opinion filed March 3, 2004. An Appeal under Fla.R.App.P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court of Miami-Dade County, Pedro P. Echarte, Jr., Judge. Lonnie R. Gunder, in proper person. Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, for appellee. Before FLETCHER, RAMIREZ, and SHEPHERD, JJ., PER CURIAM. Lonnie R. Gunder appeals from the lower court s denial of relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800. affirm. We The record shows that on September 23, 2003, Gunder pled to possession of cocaine and was sentenced to five years in state prison with credit for time served. The docket indicates that the court gave Gunder a week s furlough, providing that it would mitigate the sentence to 270 days with participation in the Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime [TASC] Gunder s surrender on September 30, 2003. to reduce or modify the sentence, upon Gunder failed to appear and was taken into custody a month later. motion program Gunder filed a claiming that his failure to appear was not willful, and that his plea was actually to the 270 days and TASC. Gunder is incorrect. The record shows that Gunder agreed to a plea of five years with credit for time served, which sentence could have been mitigated by his appearance at the end of the furlough he requested; his failure to appear was unexcused and not de minimis. We therefore affirm Gunder s legal sentence imposed pursuant to his plea. Affirmed. 2
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