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White v. State, 84-414 (1984)

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida Number: 84-414 Visitors: 18
Judges: Per Curiam
Filed: May 02, 1984
Latest Update: Apr. 07, 2017
Summary: 450 So. 2d 556 (1984) Scott Dale WHITE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 84-414. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. May 2, 1984. ORDER OF DISMISSAL PER CURIAM. This appeal is from an order summarily denying several points in a motion to vacate *557 a judgment and sentence filed under Rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. The trial court has not disposed of the remaining point in the Rule 3 motion but an evidentiary hearing has been scheduled thereon. Th
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450 So. 2d 556 (1984)

Scott Dale WHITE, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 84-414.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 2, 1984.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from an order summarily denying several points in a motion to vacate *557 a judgment and sentence filed under Rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. The trial court has not disposed of the remaining point in the Rule 3 motion but an evidentiary hearing has been scheduled thereon.

Thus, the question arises as to the appealability of an order partially disposing of a Rule 3 motion. If this were purely a civil case, such a partial order would not be appealable unless it disposed of claims unrelated to the remaining claims.[1] An order or judgment is not considered final until it disposes of all the issues presented. The same policies against allowing piecemeal appeals[2] apply here. We see no reason not to apply this principle to orders entered on Rule 3 motions.

If appellant's remaining point is denied, he may raise all issues on appeal from the final order. This appeal is hereby DISMISSED.

SCHEB, A.C.J., and CAMPBELL and LEHAN, JJ., concur.

NOTES

[1] See Mendez v. West Flagler Assoc., Inc., 303 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1974) and SLT Warehouse v. Webb, 304 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 1974).

[2] See Haddad, Partial `Final' Judgments — A Persistent Problem in Appellate Practice, 53 Fla.B.J. 204 (1979).

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