GINO BROWNING, PETITIONER,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT
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PER CURIAM.
In Browning v. State, 687 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), this court reversed an order which summarily denied a motion for postconviction rehef and remanded with directions to either attach portions of the record showing that the movant was not entitled to rehef or to conduct an evidentiary hearing. Apparently Browning was thereafter conditionahy released but has now been returned to custody. His motion for action on his Rule 3.850 motion has been denied but the 3.850 motion, as far as can be ascertained by this court, has never been ruled upon.
Browning petitions for a writ of mandamus* asking this court to compel a disposition of the Rule 3.850 motion. Having considered the State’s response, we find that petitioner is entitled to rehef. If his release from custody was or is a basis to deny postconviction rehef, the proper course was for the circuit court to issue an order so stating, not to leave the case in limbo indefinitely. Kramp v. Fagan, 568 So. 2d 479 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). We accordingly grant Browning’s petition and issue our writ of mandamus, directing that the trial court render an order on the merits of petitioner’s motion for postconviction relief, or schedule a hearing on the merits of the motion. In either event, action shall be taken within 30 days of this opinion becoming final.
PETITION GRANTED.
WEBSTER, LEWIS and POLSTON, JJ., concur.
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