Case Name: Charles E. LONG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-12-31
Citations: 861 So. 2d 531
Docket Number: No. 1D03-3174
Parties: Charles E. LONG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, DAVIS and BROWNING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 861
Pages: 531–532

Head Matter:
Charles E. LONG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D03-3174.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 31, 2003.
Appellant, pro se.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Karen M. Holland, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant challenges the summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), which he timely moved to voluntarily dismiss. Because the appellant filed a motion for voluntary dismissal before the trial court ruled on the postconviction motion, the voluntary dismissal should have been granted so long as the state would suffer no prejudice. See Hansen v. State, 816 So.2d 808, 809 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). The trial court erred in not ruling first on the appellant's motion for voluntary dismissal before denying the postconviction motion. See generally Clark v. State, 491 So.2d 545, 546 (Fla.1986). We reverse and remand for the trial court to rule on the appellant's motion to voluntarily dismiss his postcon-viction motion.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
ERVIN, DAVIS and BROWNING, JJ., concur.