Griner v. State

Petitioner seeks mandamus relief from this court based on his unrefuted allegations that the trial court has failed to rule on the merits of his motion for post-conviction relief following reversal of its original order denying the motion in Griner v. State, 685 So.2d 99 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). The only argument raised by the state is that the trial court does not have jurisdiction because petitioner has a direct appeal pending from other charges which were severed from trial, but were charged in the same information as these charges. The other charges had to be retried because we reversed…