Case Name: Mitchell LADSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-08-10
Citations: 907 So. 2d 1288
Docket Number: No. 2D05-2044
Parties: Mitchell LADSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALTENBERND, CASANUEVA, and SILBERMAN, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 907
Pages: 1288–1288

Head Matter:
Mitchell LADSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D05-2044.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Aug. 10, 2005.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Mitchell Ladson appeals the circuit court's denial of his pro se motion for additional jail credit. We reverse the denial of the motion and remand for the circuit court to strike the motion as unauthorized since Ladson's direct appeal of his judgment and sentence is still pending in this court.
A motion for additional jail credit is normally a motion authorized by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Hines v. State, 842 So.2d 999,1000 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). However, rule 3.800(a) prohibits the filing of such a motion during the pendency of a direct appeal. See Day v. State, 770 So.2d 1262 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) (holding that effective January 13, 2000, a party may not file a rule 3.800(a) motion during the pendency of a direct appeal).
Because Ladson filed his motion during the pendency of the direct appeal of his judgment and sentence, Ladson's motion was unauthorized. Therefore, the order of the circuit court denying the motion must be reversed and, on remand, the motion should be stricken as unauthorized. However, once this court decides Ladson's direct appeal and issues a mandate, if Lad-son seeks further relief, he may file a rule 3.800(a) motion raising the same issue.
Reversed and remanded.
ALTENBERND, CASANUEVA, and SILBERMAN, JJ., Concur.