Gaines v. State

806 So.2d 575 (2002)

Don S. GAINES, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 1D01-2841.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 28, 2002.

Appellant, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

The trial court denied as successive the appellant's motion filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Because the present motion was filed and ruled on while an appeal of one of the appellant's previous Rule 3.800(a) motions, raising the same issue, was pending in this Court, the trial court did not have jurisdiction over the instant…