RICKY JARADE PAYNE, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1986-09-11
No. BN-8
SHIVERS, WIGGINTON and NIM-MONS, JJ., concur.
493 So. 2d 1104 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1986) Negative Treatment
Cited by 11 cases

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Synopsis

The appellate court dismissed an appeal from a resentencing order, holding that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to resentence the defendant while a notice of discretionary review was pending in the Florida Supreme Court. The court established that jurisdiction vests in the reviewing court upon filing of a notice seeking discretionary review, preventing lower courts from acting on matters affected by the pending review.


Holding

The trial court lacked jurisdiction to resentence the appellant because jurisdiction of the subject matter vested in the Supreme Court upon filing of the notice seeking discretionary review. The resentencing order was entered in excess of the trial court's jurisdiction and is therefore invalid. The appellant's fear of deprivation of review is unjustified because the Supreme Court's decision will control the outcome regarding the sentence.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court acts in excess of its jurisdiction when it enters an order affecting the subject matter of a case pending before a reviewing court.

[2] Jurisdiction of an appellate court vests upon the filing of the notice of review.

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Key Quotes

“Jurisdiction of the subject matter of an appeal vests in the reviewing court upon the filing of the notice.”

Establishes the fundamental principle that jurisdiction vests immediately upon filing, not upon the court's decision to accept review.

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Facts & Procedural History

Payne's conviction was affirmed and his sentence was reversed in a prior appellate decision (Payne v. State, 480 So.2d 202). After Payne filed a timel…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an allegedly illegal sentence imposed by the trial court after remand from this court pursuant to Payne v. State, 480 So. 2d 202 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). In Payne, appellant’s conviction was affirmed, but the sentence was reversed. By filing a timely notice pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.120, Appellant sought discretionary review in the supreme court of that portion of the decision affirming his conviction His motion for stay of our mandate was denied, and he was resentenced by the trial court on April 25, 1986. On April 29, 1986, the supreme court accepted review, and ordered briefs on the merits.

The factual posture of this case came to our attention when appellant filed a motion to stay this appeal pending the outcome of the supreme court’s decision. In that motion, appellant suggested that a stay was appropriate because the supreme court’s decision will control the outcome of this appeal. We then ordered appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed as an appeal from an order entered in excess of the trial court’s jurisdiction.

In response, appellant contends that at the time of the resentencing, there was no way to know whether the supreme court would accept jurisdiction over the case. Appellant also expresses a fear that he will be deprived of his right to review of an illegal sentence if this appeal is dismissed.

We entered an identical order directing appellant to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed in an unrelated case involving similar circumstances, i.e. a resentencing pursuant to this court’s remand occurring while review of this court’s opinion was pending in the supreme court. Johnson v. State, Case No. BH-120, BH-136. Counsel in that case submitted to us a more thorough presentation in an effort to justify the viability of the appeal but, for the reasons stated in this opinion, those arguments were rejected, and that cause was dismissed by an unpublished order. Because we find that the resentencing order was entered in excess of the trial court’s jurisdiction, that order is invalid, and appellant’s fear of deprivation of his right to review is unjustified. Jurisdiction of the subject matter of an appeal vests in the reviewing court upon the filing of the notice. Lelekis v. Liles, 240 So. 2d 478 (Fla.1970).

The test for determining whether the trial court may proceed is not whether it is proceeding in a matter which is related to the final judgment, but whether it is proceeding in a matter which affects the subject matter on appeal. Bailey v. Bailey, 392 So. 2d 49 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1981).

In this case, it is clear that the subject matter of the decision being reviewed in the supreme court affects, or could be affected by, the decision on appellant’s sentence. Obviously, if the Supreme court reverses this court’s affirmance of appellant’s conviction, such reversal will necessarily require resentencing. Thus, the test for determining whether the subject matter of the proceeding below was usurped by the pendency of the case in a reviewing court is met.

Appellant’s response implies that the supreme court does not acquire jurisdiction over a case until it determines to review the case on the merits.

However, Rule 9.120 provides that jurisdiction of the supreme court “shall be invoked by filing two copies of a notice” with the clerk of the district court. This language is identical to that found in Rule 9.110, which has been construed as vesting jurisdiction in the appellate court upon the filing of the notice. Lelekis. We see no reason to distinguish between a notice of appeal which seeks review as a matter of right pursuant to Rule 9.110, and a notice that discretionary review is sought pursuant to Rule 9.120. In either case, the disposition by the reviewing court may, or may not, alter the decision of the lower court.. Once the notice was filed, jurisdiction vested in the supreme court, and neither this court nor the trial court has jurisdiction to proceed.

This appeal is therefore dismissed.

SHIVERS, WIGGINTON and NIM-MONS, JJ., concur.


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  • City OF Miami v. Arostegui, 616 So. 2d 1117 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993)
    …in this court nor to our knowledge in the supreme court. This court issued its mandate on October 16, 1992. In support of its argument that this court lost jurisdiction to issue the mandate, the City cites to this court’s opinion in Payne v. State, 493 So. 2d 1104 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986) and the Florida Supreme Court’s opinion in Lelekis v. Liles, 240 So. 2d 478 (Fla.1970). The City relies on the following statement in Payne: “once the notice was filed jurisdiction vested in the Supreme Court and neither this cou…
  • Everage v. State, 516 So. 2d 81 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987)
    …to 36 years based on the single departure reason which this court had ruled valid in Everage I. The case sub judice is an appeal from the January 27, 1987 resen-tencing. The facts in the instant case are almost identical to those in Payne v. State, 493 So. 2d 1104 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986) (Payne II). Payne was convicted and sentenced for armed robbery. He was initially sentenced to 21 years incarceration, with the court retaining jurisdiction for one third of the 21 year sentence. On appeal this court affirmed the…
  • Darrial M. Hall v. State, 530 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988)
    …esentenced. This court held that “a trial court does not have jurisdiction to resentence a defendant whose case has been remanded by the district court but which is also pending before the Florida Supreme Court.” Id. at 82. See also, Payne v. State, 493 So. 2d 1104 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). As noted, the facts of the instant case are identical and therefore, Everage commands that the appellant’s sentence be vacated. That the trial court lacked jurisdiction to resentence the appellant is not the only troublesome po…

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