INDASIA UNDERWOOD
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Indasia Underwood appealed her conviction for unlawful possession of personal identification information and revocation of community control. The appellate court affirmed the judgment and sentence but remanded the case regarding a procedural defect involving the trial court's post-appeal consideration of a motion for sentence reduction.
The trial court lacked jurisdiction to consider the motion for mitigation and reduction of sentence after the notice of appeal divested it of jurisdiction. The court remanded for the trial court to vacate the order denying the motion and enter an order dismissing it for lack of jurisdiction, while affirming the underlying judgment and sentence.
[1] Filing a notice of appeal divests the trial court of jurisdiction to rule on a motion for mitigation and reduction of sentence, and the trial court must dismiss such a mo…
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CASANUEVA, Judge.
In this Anders1 appeal, Indasia Underwood appeals an order of revocation of community control and a judgment and sentence for one count of unlawful possession of the personal identification information of another (five or more). We affirm the judgment, sentence, and order of revocation without comment.
1Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
After sentencing, Ms. Underwood filed a pro se motion for mitigation and reduction of sentence and subsequently filed a pro se notice of appeal. After the notice of appeal was filed, the trial court entered an order denying the motion for mitigation and reduction of sentence. The trial court was without jurisdiction to consider the motion after the notice of appeal was filed. See Othouse v. State, 912 So. 2d 682, 682 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). The trial court should have dismissed the motion rather than deny it. See Hawthorne v. State, 226 So. 3d 292, 293 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017) ("Because the filing of a notice of appeal divests the trial court of jurisdiction, the trial court should have dismissed the motion on that basis instead of denying it."). Accordingly, we remand for the trial court to vacate the order denying the motion for mitigation and reduction of sentence and enter an order dismissing the motion for lack of jurisdiction. Our affirmance is without prejudice to any right Ms. Underwood may have to raise this issue in a timely motion for postconviction relief. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.800(c).
Affirmed; remanded with instructions.
VILLANTI and ATKINSON, JJ., Concur.
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- Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (U.S. 1967)
- Othouse v. State, 912 So. 2d 682 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005)
- Tazarious Vonellis Hawthorne v. State, 226 So. 3d 292 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017)