Case Name: Larry MARSHALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-07-11
Citations: 91 So. 3d 277
Docket Number: No. 4D11-2669
Parties: Larry MARSHALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MAY, C.J., WARNER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 91
Pages: 277–278

Head Matter:
Larry MARSHALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D11-2669.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 11, 2012.
Antony P. Ryan, Regional Counsel, Jennifer Workman Jesness, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
No appearance required for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Larry Marshall seeks review of an order that dismissed his rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. The judge concluded that he lacked jurisdiction to entertain the postconviction motion, in light of Marshall's pending appeal of a prior rule 3.850 motion. We reverse and remand in light of our recent decisions in Lubin v. State, 87 So.3d 1260 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), and Jackman v. State, 88 So.3d 325 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). As outlined in Lubin, through Jackman we adopted the rationale of Bryant v. State, — So.3d -, 2012 WL 28713 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012), and held that a trial court has authority to consider or to defer ruling and stay a subsequently filed postconviction motion that raises unrelated issues, notwithstanding the pendency of an appeal of an order on a previously filed postconviction motion. As in Jackman, we express no opinion on the merits of Marshall's motion.
Reversed and remanded.
MAY, C.J., WARNER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.