Case Name: Edwin E. BOYD, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-10-30
Citations: 993 So. 2d 604
Docket Number: No. 4D08-1056
Parties: Edwin E. BOYD, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, TAYLOR and DAMOORGIAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 993
Pages: 604–604

Head Matter:
Edwin E. BOYD, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D08-1056.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 30, 2008.
Edwin E. Boyd, Sr., Malone, pro se.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Edwin Boyd, challenges the summary denial of his motion for voluntary dismissal without prejudice of his rule 3.850 motion and denial on the merits of his rule 3.850 motion. Because Appellant's motion to dismiss was filed pursuant to the mailbox rule on June 26, 2007, prior to the trial court's ruling on the underlying rule 3.850 motion on June 29, 2007, Appellant's motion to dismiss was timely. Although the state filed its response and the trial court ruled on the postconviction motion before becoming aware that a motion to dismiss was pending, the trial court erred in denying a timely motion to dismiss. See Hansen v. State, 816 So.2d 808, 809 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's order denying Appellant's motion for postconviction relief and remand with directions to grant Appellant's motion for voluntary dismissal without prejudice.
Reversed and remanded.
STONE, TAYLOR and DAMOORGIAN, JJ., concur.