Antonio Lebaron Melton v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledFebruary 13, 2020
Docket1D19-1286
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D19-1286
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ANTONIO LEBARON MELTON,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County.
Jan Shackelford, Judge.
February 13, 2020
PER CURIAM.
REVERSED. See Simmons v. State, 274 So. 3d 468, 472 (Fla. 1st
DCA 2019) (holding that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to
rescind its order granting postconviction relief once the order
became final when neither party timely moved for rehearing under
Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.800(b)(1)(B) or timely appealed it).
As in Simmons, we quash the order on appeal and remand
with directions that the trial court reinstate the order granting
Appellantโs rule 3.800(a) motion. The trial court should then
resentence Appellant to a lawful sentence.
RAY, C.J., and ROWE 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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Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and Justin F. Karpf, Assistant
Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Tabitha Herrera, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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