LUCIE MAE THOMAS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2020-01-10
No. 19-0804
Marques, J., Eisnaugle, J., Sasso, J., Traver, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2020)

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Holding

A trial court lacks jurisdiction to enter a restitution order while a defendant's direct appeal is pending.


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[1] A trial court is divested of jurisdiction to enter a restitution order while a defendant's direct appeal is pending.

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Facts & Procedural History

Lucie Mae Thomas appealed the postconviction court's denial of her Rule 3.800(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence. The postconviction court had r…

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Opinion of the Court
Traver

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

LUCIE MAE THOMAS,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D19-804

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed January 10, 2020

3.800 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Leticia J. Marques, Judge.

Lucie Mae Thomas, Quincy, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals the order summarily denying her Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence. In denying Appellant’s motion, the postconviction court relied on Graham v. State, 160 So. 3d 108, 109 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015). Unlike in Graham, the trial court in this case lacked jurisdiction to enter a restitution order while Appellant’s direct appeal was pending. See Messina v. State, 160 So. 3d

2 523, 523 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015); Butler v. State, 951 So. 2d 38, 39-40 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). Accordingly, we reverse the order under review and remand this case to the trial court to conduct a new restitution hearing.

REVERSED and REMANDED.

EISNAUGLE, SASSO and TRAVER, JJ., concur.


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