ARCHIE EDWARD EVERAGE, JR., APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1987-12-04
No. BR-421
SHIVERS, J., concurs., ZEHMER, J., concurs with written opinion.
516 So. 2d 81 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1987) Positive Treatment
Cited by 8 cases

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Synopsis

Everage appeals his resentencing, arguing the trial court lacked jurisdiction to resentence him while his petition for discretionary review was pending in the Florida Supreme Court. The court agrees and reverses, holding that a trial court cannot resentence a defendant when the case has been remanded by the district court but remains pending before the supreme court.


Holding

The trial court lacked jurisdiction to resentence Everage while his petition for review was pending in the Florida Supreme Court. 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.


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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“the 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”

States the core holding regarding trial court jurisdiction during pending supreme court review

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Facts & Procedural History

Everage was initially sentenced to 36 years for a crime, exceeding the recommended guidelines. On appeal, the district court found three of four depar…

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Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Judge.

THOMPSON, Judge.

Everage appeals a sentence imposed on him pursuant to this court’s prior remand for resentencing. Everage’s first argument on appeal is that at the time he was resentenced the trial court lacked jurisdic tion to sentence him. We find merit in this argument, and reverse.

Everage’s initial sentence of 36 years incarceration exceeded the recommended guidelines sentence of 12 to 17 years. That sentence was appealed and this court ruled that three of the four reasons given for departure were invalid. The sentence was reversed and the cause remanded for re-sentencing. Everage v. State, 504 So. 2d 1255 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), review denied, 508 So. 2d 13 (Fla.1987) (Everage I). Everage promptly sought discretionary review in the Florida Supreme Court. On January 27, 1987, while the petition for review was pending, the trial court convened a new sentencing hearing and resentenced Ever-age 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 resentencing.

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 conviction but reversed and remanded for resentencing because of the error in retaining jurisdiction. Payne v. State, 480 So. 2d 202 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), modified, 498 So. 2d 413 (Fla.1987) {Payne I). Payne then filed a petition for review in the Florida Supreme Court and, while this petition was pending, the trial court proceeded with the resentencing mandated by this court in Payne I. Payne thereafter appealed the resentencing {Payne II). During the pendency of Payne II Payne sought a stay of the appeal pending the supreme court's resolution of his petition for review of Payne I. Upon realizing that the cause in Payne I was before the supreme court, this court ordered Payne to show cause why the appeal in Payne II should not be dismissed “as an appeal from an order entered in excess of the trial court’s jurisdiction.” 493 So. 2d at 1104. Finding Payne’s response to the show cause order insufficient, this court dismissed Payne II and held that the trial court does not have jurisdiction to resen-tence a defendant whose case has been remanded by the district court but which is also pending before the Florida Supreme Court. In view of the decision of this court in Payne II, we reverse the 36 year sentence imposed on Everage in the instant case. The trial court lacked jurisdiction to impose the sentence while Everage’s petition for review of this court’s decision was pending in the supreme court.

Because our holdings herein and in Payne II are in direct conflict with the opinion of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Vicknair v. State, 501 So. 2d 755 (Fla. 5th DCA) review dismissed, 511 So. 2d 299 (Fla.1987) we certify to the supreme court the following question:

DOES THE PENDENCY OF A PETITION FOR REVIEW IN THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DEPRIVE THE TRIAL COURT OF JURISDICTION TO RESENTENCE A DEFENDANT PURSUANT TO THE DISTRICT COURT’S MANDATE REVERSING AND REMANDING THE CAUSE FOR RESEN-TENCING?

REVERSED.

SHIVERS, J., concurs.

ZEHMER, J., concurs with written opinion.

Concurrence
ZEHMER, Judge

ZEHMER, Judge

(concurring).

While I personally agree with the Fifth District’s decision in Vicknair, the decision in Payne II is the law in this district. I therefore concur in the majority decision and the certification of the question posed by the obvious conflict.


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  • Darrial M. Hall v. State, 530 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988)
    …ng. The appellant filed a notice for discretionary review with the Supreme Court. After the filing of this notice but before the Supreme Court declined jurisdiction, the trial court resentenced the appellant. This was an error. In Everage v. State, 516 So. 2d 81 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), the appellant appealed his sentence and several of the reasons given for guideline departure were found to be invalid. The sentence was accordingly reversed, and the cause was remanded for resentencing. The appellant in Everage…
  • Kudelka v. State, 545 So. 2d 884 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988)
    …FRANK, Judge. The appellant, acting pro se, has filed a motion for stay of his resentencing hearing relying on Everage v. State, 516 So. 2d 81 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), Hall v. State, 530 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988), and McKinnon v. State, 530 So. 2d 1101 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). The preceding authorities, all arising in the First District, hold that an automatic stay of resentencing occurs upo…
  • Webster Fleming McKINNON v. State, 530 So. 2d 1101 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988)
    …w sentence on grounds that it had no jurisdiction because both state and defendant had previously petitioned the Florida Supreme Court for review of this court's earlier opinion. The trial court granted this motion on June 24. In Everage v. State, 516 So. 2d 81 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), we held that the filing of a petition for review divested the trial court of jurisdiction in circumstances such as these. The trial court attempted to reach the correct result when it vacated its own order but the filing of the…

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