JAQUEAL HARRIS, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The circuit court lacked jurisdiction to rule on the defendant's motions to withdraw his plea because a notice of appeal had already been filed.
The defendant was sentenced to life in prison and subsequently filed motions to withdraw his plea. However, prior to the court ruling on these motions…
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Jaqueal Harris has appealed the summary denial of his motions to withdraw plea after sentencing. We reverse be*1214cause the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to rule on his motions.
After entering an open plea to one count of second-degree murder, Mr. Harris was sentenced on September 30, 2011, in Pinellas County Circuit Court case number 09-1526-CF to life in prison without parole. On October 26 and 27, 2011, Mr. Harris filed motions to withdraw his plea. However, prior to the filing of these motions or rendition of the order denying them on March 21, 2012, counsel had filed a notice of appeal in this same circuit court case number on October 17, 2011. As a result, the circuit court was divested of jurisdiction to consider Mr. Harris’s motions. See Clemons v. State, 3 So.3d 364, 365 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009) (“Generally, the direct appeal of a defendant’s judgment and sentence divests the trial court of jurisdiction to rule on a motion for postconvietion relief in the case from which the appeal has been taken.”).
Accordingly, we reverse the circuit court’s order denying Mr. Harris’s motions to withdraw plea with directions to the circuit court to dismiss them for lack of jurisdiction. This dismissal shall be without prejudice to Mr. Harris’s right to refile a motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 once the mandate issues in his direct appeal, case number 2D11-5418.
Reversed and remanded with directions.
DAVIS and LaROSE, JJ., Concur.
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