Thompson v. State

This is an appeal from a resentencing under Heggs v. State, 759 So.2d 620 (Fla.2000). The public defender filed an An-ders brief in Kevin Thompson’s appeal, advising that it presented no meritorious issues warranting reversal.1 Supplemental briefing has revealed that when resentenc-ing Thompson, the trial court was divested of jurisdiction due to a pending related direct appeal.2 See Knapp v. State, 741 So.2d 1150 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999); Landers v. State, 691 So.2d 550 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

As we state in Thompson v. State, 802 So.2d 503 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001), appellant must be present at…