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Barnes v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Dec 12, 2001
801 So. 2d 989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

Summary

reversing summary denial of 3.850 motion where defendant alleged plea was involuntary due to mental illness and court failed to attach documents that conclusively refuted his claims

Summary of this case from Devers v. State

Opinion

Case No. 1D01-2429

Opinion filed December 12, 2001.

An appeal from Circuit Court for Okaloosa County. G. Robert Barron, Judge.

Daniel S. Barnes, Pro Se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Trisha E. Meggs, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, forAppellee.


The appellant challenges the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. In his motion the appellant alleged that he was on medication when he entered his plea, and that this medication and his mental illness made him unable to understand the consequences of the plea, so as to render it involuntary. The appellant also alleged that counsel was aware of but did not inform the court of these circumstances. In denying the rule 3.850 motion the trial court referred to the written plea agreement and the plea colloquy, determining that these materials refuted the appellant's claim. However, the plea agreement does not suffice in this regard in itself, and there was no inquiry or discussion during the plea colloquy as to medication or mental illness. The appellant's claim is facially sufficient, and is not refuted by these attachments to the order denying relief. See Libertelli v. State, 750 So.2d 138 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000); Payne v. State, 747 So.2d 1070 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000); Rivera v. State, 746 So.2d 542 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999). The summary denial of the Rule 3.850 motion is therefore reversed, and the case is remanded.

ALLEN, C.J., BOOTH and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.


Summaries of

Barnes v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Dec 12, 2001
801 So. 2d 989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

reversing summary denial of 3.850 motion where defendant alleged plea was involuntary due to mental illness and court failed to attach documents that conclusively refuted his claims

Summary of this case from Devers v. State
Case details for

Barnes v. State

Case Details

Full title:DANIEL S. BARNES, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Dec 12, 2001

Citations

801 So. 2d 989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

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