Long v. State

The appellant challenges the summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), which he timely moved to voluntarily dismiss. Because the appellant filed a motion for voluntary dismissal before the trial court ruled on the postconviction motion, the voluntary dismissal should have been granted so long as the state would suffer no prejudice. See Hansen v. State, 816 So.2d 808, 809 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). The trial court erred in not ruling first on the appellant’s motion for voluntary dismissal before denying the postconviction motion. See generally Clark…