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holding that, once the notice for a direct appeal was filed, the trial court had no jurisdiction to decide a rule 3.850 motion then pending in the case
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No. 1D00-3792.
September 6, 2001. Rehearing Denied October 17, 2001.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. L. Haldane Taylor, Judge.
Appellant, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Because the appellant filed his Rule 3.850 motion before the mandate was issued in the direct appeal of his convictions and sentences, the trial court was without jurisdiction to rule on the motion. See Akel v. State, 737 So.2d 633 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999); Cabrera v. State, 721 So.2d 1190, 1191 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). Accordingly, we vacate the trial court's order denying the Rule 3.850 motion without prejudice to the appellant's right to refile the motion now that his direct appeal is final.
BOOTH, BARFIELD and MINER, JJ., CONCUR.