PETERS v. STATE (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Colandro Dewayne PETERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-2476

Decided: December 10, 2025

Colandro Dewayne Peters, Cross City, pro se. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lindsay A. Warner, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

We reverse and remand the order denying the pro se motion to correct sentencing error under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). The pro se motion was unauthorized as petitioner was and remains represented by counsel in his pending direct appeal. Coffelt v. State, 905 So. 2d 269, 270 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). The trial court shall strike the pro se motion as unauthorized. Id.

Reversed and remand with instructions.

Per Curiam.

May, Conner and Klingensmith, JJ., concur.

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