Legal Opinion

Adeoye v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 4, 2017No. CASE NO. 1D16-5707Published

1Per curiam

Appellant seeks review of the circuit court’s December 9, 2016, Order Denying Motion to Correct Sentencing Error, which treated appellant’s motion as seeking relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Because appellant’s direct appeal of judgment and sentence is pending,1 the trial court was without jurisdiction to rule on appellant’s motion. See Buckhalter v. State, 168 So.3d 348 (Fla. 1st DCA2015).

Accordingly, we quash the order denying appellant’s motion.

ORDER QUASHED.

ROBERTS, C. J., LEWIS and WINSOR, JJ., CONCUR.. The trial court concluded that no appeal was pending…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Buckhalter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015

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