SOSNOWSKI v. STATE (2020)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Thomas A. SOSNOWSKI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 1D20-1772

Decided: August 19, 2020

Thomas A. Sosnowski, pro se, Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

The trial court filed its order denying Mr. Sosnowski's postconviction motion on April 28, 2020. Mr. Sosnowski had 30 days from that date to file a notice of appeal, but he presumptively filed his notice of appeal on June 1, 2020, when he gave his notice to prison officials. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.420(a)(2)(A) (providing for presumption that an inmate has filed a document “on the date the inmate places it in the hands of” a corrections official). After reviewing Mr. Sosnowski's response to our show cause order, we DISMISS this appeal as untimely.

Per Curiam.

Roberts, Nordby, and Tanenbaum, JJ., concur.

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