Taylor v. State

ON MOTION FOR SUPERSEDEAS BAIL ON APPEAL

ORFINGER, Judge.

Appellant’s motion requests that we set bail after conviction and pending his appeal, or that we relinquish jurisdiction to the trial court for that purpose. In ruling on appellant’s motion below, the trial court determined that it had no jurisdiction because the appeal had been perfected and the record and briefs had been lodged in this court.

The motion raises an interesting issue on the interplay of various rules of criminal and appellate procedure, and how these rules apply to the situation here. Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure…