Jon A. Earley v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledFebruary 10, 2020
Docket1D19-0168
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D19-168
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JON A. EARLEY,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Walton County.
Kelvin C. Wells, Judge.
February 10, 2020
PER CURIAM.
REVERSED. See Simmons v. State, 274 So. 3d 468 (Fla. 1st
DCA 2019) (holding that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to
rescind an order granting resentencing once it became a final,
appealable order, and neither party timely moved for rehearing of
the order).
As in Simmons, we quash the order on appeal and remand
with directions that the trial court reinstate the order granting
Earleyโs postconviction motion. The trial court should then
resentence Earley to a lawful sentence.
ROWE, WINOKUR, and NORDBY, 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 R. Herrera,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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