SANDS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Sands appeals a circuit court decision regarding a probation revocation order and a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion challenging underlying convictions. The appellate court reversed and remanded, holding that the postconviction court erred in dismissing the 3.850 motion on jurisdictional grounds when the appeal and motion involved unrelated issues.
The postconviction court erred in dismissing the 3.850 motion on jurisdictional grounds. Because the appeal of the probation revocation order was unrelated to the Rule 3.850 motion challenging the underlying convictions, the postconviction court had jurisdiction to rule on the merits of the motion without passing judgment on issues relevant to the appeal.
[1] A postconviction court does not lack jurisdiction to consider a rule 3.850 motion challenging a conviction merely because an appeal of a related but separate probation re…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“because the appeal of the trial court's probation revocation order was unrelated to the defendant's Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion challenging the underlying convictions, 'the postconviction court erred by dismissing Hartley's motion on the ground that it did not have jurisdiction to rule'”
Establishes the core holding that a postconviction court errs when it dismisses a 3.850 motion solely on jurisdiction grounds when the motion involves unrelated issues to a pending appeal
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceThe record indicates Sands filed a Rule 3.850 motion challenging underlying convictions while simultaneously appealing a probation revocation order. T…
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT
SCOTT ANDREW SANDS,
Appellant,
v. STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
No. 2D2025-0147
March 11, 2026
Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Pasco County; Joshua Riba, Judge.
PER CURIAM.
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings. See Hartley v. State, 927 So. 2d 1030, 1030 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) (holding that because the appeal of the trial court's probation revocation order was unrelated to the defendant's Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion challenging the underlying convictions, "the postconviction court erred by dismissing Hartley's motion on the ground that it did not have jurisdiction to rule"); see also Clark v. State, 720 So. 2d 1097, 1098 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998) (explaining that the issues raised on appeal and in the rule 3.850 motion were unrelated and that the postconviction court had jurisdiction to consider the motion because "[t]he [postconviction] court could consider the merits of Clark's rule 3.850 motion without passing
judgment on any of the issues this court would need to consider" on appeal).
VILLANTI, ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, and ATKINSON, JJ., Concur. Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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- Clark v. State, 720 So. 2d 1097 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998)
- Drew C. Hartley v. State, 927 So. 2d 1030 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006)