Raudel E. Robinson v. the State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMay 20, 2020
Docket3D18-2336
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed May 20, 2020.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D18-2336
Lower Tribunal No. 05-5281A
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Raudel E. Robinson,
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, Mark Blumstein, Judge.
Raudel E. Robinson, in proper person.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Jonathan Tanoos and Gabrielle Raemy
Charest-Turken, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.
Before LOGUE, SCALES, and HENDON, JJ.
HENDON, J.
Raudel E. Robinson appeals from the summary denial of his motion to correct
illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We
affirm the order under review based on the authority of Pedroza v. State, 45 Fla. L.
Weekly S93 (Fla. Mar. 12, 2020). Robinson raised an additional issue in his 3.800(a)
motion that the trial court failed to address in the order under review. Although this
Court would usually remand to the trial court to consider the issue that was not
addressed in its order, see McFarlane v. State, 957 So. 2d 714 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007),
we do not do so because remanding would be futile. The additional claim is not
cognizable in rule 3.800(a) motion as it attacks his conviction, not the legality of his
sentence. As the claim attacks his conviction, the claim should have been raised in
a rule 3.850 motion. Even if the trial court would have treated the rule 3.800(a)
motion as rule 3.850 motion, the motion would have been untimely filed as it was
not filed within the two-year limit set forth in rule 3.850.
Affirmed.
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