Monty Jefferies v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJune 28, 2021
Docket1D21-0710
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D21-710
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MONTY JEFFERIES,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Holmes County.
Timothy Register, Judge.
June 28, 2021
PER CURIAM.
DISMISSED. Because the order appealed from is not a final
order, this cause is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. See Lee v.
State, 939 So. 2d 154, 155 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (finding order
dismissing rule 3.850 motion without prejudice to be a
nonappealable, nonfinal order). Appellantโs motion, docketed May
28, 2021, is denied as moot. We also note that the lower tribunal
should have granted Appellant 60 days to file an amended motion.
See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.801(e) (incorporating Florida Rule of
Criminal Procedure 3.850(f)); Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850(f)(2) (โIf the
motion is insufficient on its face . . . the court shall enter a
nonfinal, nonappealable order allowing the defendant 60 days to
amend the motion.โ).
MAKAR, KELSEY, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Monty Jefferies, pro se, Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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