Case Name: Leroy JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-01-17
Citations: 918 So. 2d 393
Docket Number: No. 1D05-4067
Parties: Leroy JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: KAHN, C.J., LEWIS and POLSTON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 918
Pages: 393–393

Head Matter:
Leroy JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D05-4067.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Jan. 17, 2006.
Appellant, pro se.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General; Sheron Wells, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant challenges the trial court's dismissal of his rule 3.800(a) motion for lack of jurisdiction. The trial court found that because appellant had a pending appeal of the trial court's order denying his rule 3.800(a) motion, the trial court was without jurisdiction to hear appellant's instant postconviction motion. However, as no appeal was pending with this Court, the trial court had jurisdiction to entertain appellant's rule 3.800(a) motion. Cf Bates v. State, 704 So.2d 562, 563 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997); Kimmel v. State, 629 So.2d 1110, 1111 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). Accordingly, the trial court's order is reversed and appellant's motion is remanded to the trial court for consideration on the merits.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
KAHN, C.J., LEWIS and POLSTON, JJ., concur.