OCTAVIO CAZAREZ, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed July 28, 2021. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D21-981 Lower Tribunal No. F07-30955 ________________ Octavio Cazarez, Appellant, vs. The State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Spencer Multack, Judge. Octavio Cazarez, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee. Before EMAS, LOGUE and BOKOR, JJ. PER CURIAM. Octavio Cazarez has filed a petition seeking certiorari review of the trial court’s order denying his motion to correct illegal sentence, which he filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We treat the petition as an appeal, see Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.040(c) (“If a party seeks an improper remedy, the cause shall be treated as if the proper remedy had been sought; provided that it shall not be the responsibility of the court to seek the proper remedy.”), and affirm. See Robertson v. State, 829 So. 2d 901, 906 (Fla. 2002) (recognizing that the “longstanding principle of appellate law, sometimes referred to as the ‘tipsy coachman’ doctrine, allows an appellate court to affirm a trial court that ‘reaches the right result, but for the wrong reasons’ so long as ‘there is any basis which would support the judgment in the record.’ (quoting Dade Cnty. Sch. Bd. v. Radio Station WQBA, 731 So. 2d 638, 644–645 (Fla.1999))). Affirmed. 2

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