JEFFREY MORRILL
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2021-09-15
No. 21-2291
Hill
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2021)

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Holding

An order striking a postconviction motion that grants leave to amend is not a final, appealable order.


Headnotes

[1] An order striking a postconviction motion that grants leave to amend is not a final, appealable order; finality is reached only when leave to amend is denied.

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Key Quotes

“If leave to amend has been given by the trial court, a defendant may not appeal until he has obtained a denial of the motion that does not include leave to amend.”

Court citing Howard v. State in support of the rule that leave to amend bars appeal

Facts & Procedural History

Petitioner Morrill sought a belated appeal of a trial court order that struck an amended postconviction motion but granted leave to file a second amen…

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Opinion of the Court

Petition for Belated Appeal—Original Jurisdiction.

September 15, 2021 PER CURIAM.

Petitioner seeks belated appeal of an order striking an amended postconviction motion with leave to file a second amended motion. This order is not a final, appealable order. See Shelley v. State, 993 So. 2d 93 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008); Howard v. State, 976 So. 2d 635, 636 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008) (“If leave to amend has been given by the trial court, a defendant may not appeal until he has obtained a denial of the motion that does not include leave to amend.”). Accordingly, the Court denies the petition for belated appeal on the merits.

KELSEY, NORDBY, and LONG, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

_____________________________ Deana Marshall of the Law Office of Deana K. Marshall, P.A., Riverview, for Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


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