Deandrew Tony Scott, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee. (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Sixth District.

Deandrew Tony Scott, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

Case No. 6D2024-2300

Decided: April 10, 2026

Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Susan M. Shanahan, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen R. Putnam, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

The parties properly concede that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to rule on Scott's motion to correct illegal sentence during the pendency of his direct appeal, which has now resolved.¹ See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.800(a)(1). Accordingly, we reverse the order granting Scott's motion. Our reversal is without prejudice to Scott's filing a renewed motion under rule 3.800. We express no opinion on the merits of the motion.

REVERSED.

FOOTNOTES

1. See Scott v. State, 397 So. 3d 721 (Fla. 6th DCA 2024).

WOZNIAK, J.

WHITE and SMITH, JJ., concur.

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