WILLIAM R. OMASTA, JR., APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Trial court lacked jurisdiction to grant defendant's motion to withdraw his Rule 3.850 post-conviction relief motion after notice of appeal was filed, so the appellate court quashed the order and remanded for the required evidentiary hearing.
Once a notice of appeal is filed, the trial court is divested of jurisdiction to render orders affecting the subject matter of the appeal, including orders granting withdrawal of a Rule 3.850 motion.
[1] Once a notice of appeal is filed, the trial court loses jurisdiction to render orders affecting the subject matter of the appeal, and such orders are void; the proper rem…
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Court citing Hudson v. Hofmann to establish the jurisdictional principle that filing notice of appeal divests trial court of jurisdiction over related matters.
Omasta filed a Rule 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief, which was summarily denied. He then filed a notice of appeal. While the appeal was pendin…
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CASANUEVA, Judge.
William Omasta appeals the order of the trial court granting his motion to withdraw his previously filed Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for post conviction relief.
The trial court had no jurisdiction to render this order since the order affected the subject matter of Omasta’s then pending appeal of the summary denial of his rule 3.850 motion. See Hudson v. Hofmann, 471 So. 2d 117, 118 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985) (holding that “[ojnce the notices of appeal were filed, the lower court was divested of jurisdiction to proceed with matters related to the final judgment” and that “[cjommon law certiorari is the proper vehicle to review whether the lower court acted in excess of its jurisdiction”). See also Jordan v. State, 782 So. 2d 443 (Ma. 2d DCA 2001) (holding that, once the notice of appeal was filed, the trial court was divested of jurisdiction and any order affecting the subject matter of the appeal was a nullity); Edwards v. State, 796 So. 2d 569 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001) (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). Because the trial court acted in excess of its jurisdiction, we treat the appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari, grant the writ, and quash the order. We remand with instructions that the trial court hold the evidentiary hearing required by this court’s opinion in Omasta v. State, 805 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) (case number 2D01-1448) (mandate issued January 4, 2002).
Reversed and remanded.
GREEN and DAVIS, JJ., Concur.
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- Hudson v. Hofmann, 471 So. 2d 117 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985)
- Abram J. Jordan v. State, 782 So. 2d 443 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)
- Omasta v. State, 805 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)
- Faye A.T. Walker v. Walker, 796 So. 2d 569 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)
- Edwards v. State, 796 So. 2d 569 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)