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Jason C. TUREM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    Case No. 5D18-3052
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    Opinion filed November 30, 2018
    Jason C. Turem, Live Oak, pro se.
    Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Pamela J. Koller, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

The lower court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to address the merits of Appellant's third motion seeking postconviction relief, filed in August 2018, because an appeal of a previously denied motion remains pending. Because the new motion raises three grounds that are unrelated to those presented in the prior motion, the lower court erred in its conclusion. See Siskos v. State , 163 So.3d 739, 740 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015).

Accordingly, we reverse and remand this cause with directions that the lower court address the merits of Appellant's August 2018 motion.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

ORFINGER, TORPY and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.