Brewster v. State

For purposes of this opinion, we have consolidated Stephen Brewster’s appeals of postconviction orders in case numbers 2D15-2097, 2D15-4658, and 2D15-4660. In its response to this court’s orders, the State properly observes that the postcon-viction court lacked jurisdiction to rule on Mr. Brewster’s first two postconviction motions during the pendency of the direct appeals of his judgments and sentences in case numbers 2D12-3150 and 2D12-6415. As a result, the State concedes that the postconviction court erred in subsequently dismissing Mr. Brewster’s later postcon-viction motions as…