STATE OF FLORIDA vs JONATHAN RYAN SPEARS
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IN THE SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, LAKELAND, FLORIDA February 26, 2020 STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) JONATHAN RYAN SPEARS, ) ) Appellee. ) ___________________________________) ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) SALEEM O. SIMPSON, ) ) Appellee. ) ___________________________________) Case No. 2D19-3209 Case No. 2D19-3475 CONSOLIDATED BY ORDER OF THE COURT: Appellants' motions for written opinions in cases 2D19-3209 and 2D193475 are granted. The prior orders, dated October 31, 2019, are withdrawn, and the attached opinion is issued in their place. On its own motion, this court consolidates these cases for the purpose of an opinion. Separate motions for rehearing will be entertained. I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING IS A TRUE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL COURT ORDER. MARY ELIZABETH KUENZEL, CLERK IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) JONATHAN RYAN SPEARS, ) ) Appellee. ) ___________________________________) ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) SALEEM O. SIMPSON, ) ) Appellee. ) ___________________________________) Opinion filed February 26, 2020. Appeals from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Barbara Twine Thomas, Judge. Carolyn Marie Snurkowski, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan D. Tanoos, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant in Case No. 2D19-3209. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan D. Tanoos, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant in Case No. 2D19-3475. No appearance for Appellees. Case No. 2D19-3209 Case No. 2D19-3475 CONSOLIDATED LaROSE, Judge. In each of these consolidated appeals, the State appeals an order granting a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion. Each order found that the defendant was entitled to be resentenced but did not impose a new sentence. For the reasons explained in State v. Rudolf, 821 So. 2d 385 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002), we dismiss these appeals as from nonfinal, nonappealable orders. We recognize that the First, Fourth, and Fifth Districts have held that such an order is final and appealable. Accordingly, we certify conflict with Magill v. State, 44 Fla. L. Weekly D3041 (Fla. 5th DCA Dec. 20, 2019), German v. State, 284 So. 3d 572 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019), and Simmons v. State, 274 So. 3d 468 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019). Dismissed. Conflict certified. LUCAS and BADALAMENTI, JJ., Concur. -2-
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