COWART, Judge.
The petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to direct the respondent trial judge to hear the merits of the petitioner's motion for new trial which petitioner claims was improperly stricken.
At the conclusion of a criminal jury trial and pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.590(a), the trial court extended from four days to fifteen days after the rendition of the verdict the time within which a motion for a new trial could be made. On...
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