Case Name: Anthony Tyrone SIMON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-03-08
Citations: 768 So. 2d 1089
Docket Number: No. 94-2020
Parties: Anthony Tyrone SIMON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, COPE and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 768
Pages: 1089–1090

Head Matter:
Anthony Tyrone SIMON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-2020.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 8, 1995.
Anthony Tyrone Simon, in pro. per.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Cynthia Ann Greenfield, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, COPE and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
Confession of Error
PER CURIAM.
Anthony Tyrone Simon appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse.
Appellant filed a timely Rule 3.850 motion in the trial court. While it was pending, appellant filed a motion for voluntary dismissal so he could file a corrected motion, with the assistance of an inmate law clerk. The trial court denied the Rule 3.850 motion on the merits, which necessarily denied the motion for voluntary dismissal.
The State concedes that under Clark v. State, 491 So.2d 545 (Fla.1986), the appellant was entitled to withdraw his Rule 3.850 motion where, as here, there would be no prejudice to the State. Id. at 546. The order denying Rule 3.850 relief is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to grant the motion for voluntary dismissal, without prejudice. See id. at 547.
Reversed and remanded.