Perez v. State ( 2015 )

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
VICTOR PEREZ, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D14-2644
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed January 14, 2015.
Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P.
9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for
Manatee County; J. Edward Nicholas,
Judge.
MORRIS, Judge.
Victor Perez filed a motion for jail credit on December 27, 2013, which the
postconviction court denied as untimely. But because Mr. Perez was sentenced prior to
July 1, 2013, his motion was timely. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.801(b) ("For sentences
imposed prior to July 1, 2013, a motion under this rule may be filed on or before July 1,
2014."); see also Marchetti v. State, 143 So. 3d 1077, 1078 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014).
Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the postconviction court to reconsider Mr.
Perez's motion on its merits.
Reversed and remanded with directions.
KELLY and KHOUZAM, JJ., Concur.