HANSEN v. STATE

No. 1D01-3942.

816 So.2d 808 (2002)

Billy F. HANSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert R. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant challenges the summary denial of his motion for voluntary dismissal without prejudice of his rule 3.850 motion, and subsequent denial on the merits of his rule 3.850 motion. Because Appellant timely filed the motion to dismiss pursuant to the mailbox rule before the trial court ruled on Appellant's rule 3.850 motion, we reverse.

Where an appellant files a timely motion for voluntary dismissal of a rule 3.850 motion, and the state suffers...

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