Case Name: Gregory Lamar NELSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-10-12
Citations: 796 So. 2d 1244
Docket Number: No. 1D00-4903
Parties: Gregory Lamar NELSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, KAHN and DAVIS, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 796
Pages: 1244–1244

Head Matter:
Gregory Lamar NELSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D00-4903.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 12, 2001.
Daniel T. O’Connell, Gainesville, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant seeks review of the trial court's denial of his rule 3.850 motion. Because the appellant's direct appeal was pending before this Court at the time, the trial court was without jurisdiction to entertain the appellant's prematurely filed postconviction motion. The trial court's order is vacated without prejudice to the appellant to timely refile his motion, and his motion shall not be subject to the restriction against successive motions contained in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850(f). See Daniels v. State, 712 So.2d 765 (Fla.1998); see also Williams v. State, 795 So.2d 975 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).
ERVIN, KAHN and DAVIS, JJ., Concur.