Court Opinion

ID: 7676926
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 03:02:42.229585+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:26:27.968277
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ALLEN, Judge.
The appellant challenges the lower court’s dismissal of a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief. The court dismissed this motion because the appellant had a pending appeal challenging the court’s denial of a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.230 motion to disqualify the judge assigned to the case. Although a pending appeal as to the underlying conviction and sentence would preclude the lower court’s jurisdiction to consider a rule 3.850 motion, see Bryan v. State, 470 So.2d 864 (Fla. 2d DCA1985), the appeal of a motion to disqualify does not have such absolute pre-clusive effect. See Fla.R.App.P. 9.130(f). The lower court thus should have retained jurisdiction, and should not have dismissed the appellant’s rule 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief.
The appealed order is reversed, and the cause remanded.
ERVIN and SMITH, JJ., concur.