Case Name: Milton BULLOCK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-06-24
Citations: 879 So. 2d 645
Docket Number: No. 1D03-2312
Parties: Milton BULLOCK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: KAHN, DAVIS and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 879
Pages: 645–646

Head Matter:
Milton BULLOCK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D03-2312.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 24, 2004.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Carl S. McGinnes, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Shasta W. Kruse and Karen M. Holland, Assistant Attorney Generals, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant seeks review of an order of the trial court striking his motion to withdraw plea filed pursuant to Rule 3.170(1), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. The State acknowledges that the trial court erred by striking appellant's motion. On the procedural facts of the present case, the notice of appeal filed by appellant, some five days after the timely motion to withdraw a plea, did not automatically divest the trial court of jurisdiction to consider the motion to withdraw. "[A] pending motion to correct a sentence or order of probation or a motion to withdraw the plea after sentencing shall not be affected by the filing of a notice of appeal from a judgment of guilt. In such instance, the notice of appeal shall be treated as prematurely filed and the appeal held in abey- anee until the filing of a signed, written order disposing of such motion." Fla. R.App. P. 9.020(h)(3).
The order striking appellant's motion is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings on appellant's motion.
KAHN, DAVIS and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.