Dudley Whitfield, Jr. v. State
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED DUDLEY WHITFIELD, JR., Appellant, v. Case No. 5D15-214 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed December 4, 2015 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Wayne C. Wooten, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and John M. Selden, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Dudley Whitfield, Jr., Wewahitchka, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lori N. Hagan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Because the trial court lacked jurisdiction when it entered its corrected disposition and sentencing orders while Whitfield’s direct appeal was pending, we are compelled to reverse. See Padilla-Padial v. State, 152 So. 3d 51, 52 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014); see also Mann-Stack v. Homeside Lending, Inc., 982 So. 2d 72, 73-74 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008) (holding that, once notice of appeal is filed, lower court is divested of jurisdiction to proceed with matters related to appealed order). The trial court is not precluded from reentering the corrected disposition and sentencing orders on remand. REVERSED and REMANDED. SAWAYA, ORFINGER and EVANDER, JJ., concur. 2
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