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Davis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 2, 1990
559 So. 2d 630 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 89-3135.

February 14, 1990. On Rehearing or Clarification May 2, 1990.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for Broward County; M. Daniel Futch, Jr., Judge.

Charles Davis, Polk City, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.


This is the second time this appeal from denial of a motion for relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 is before this court. The motion complained of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. In our April 12, 1989, opinion, Davis v. State, 540 So.2d 943 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989), we found the motion was legally sufficient. Denial of a motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel is proper where the trial court attaches portions of the record refuting the defendant's allegations. Squires v. State, 513 So.2d 138 (Fla. 1987); Taylor v. State, 505 So.2d 28 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987). Because the trial court failed to include those attachments, we reversed and remanded with directions to either hold an evidentiary hearing or attach to the order those portions of the record which refuted appellant's claims.

On remand, the trial court chose the latter option. Once again we reverse and remand. We have reviewed all of appellant's claims and find only three merit an evidentiary hearing as the attachments to the order do not refute those claims. On remand, the trial court is directed to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine whether appellant's trial attorney rendered him ineffective assistance of counsel as to his claims of defense counsel's (1) failure to advise him of his right to a speedy trial and waiver of such without consent, (2) failure to discuss the possibility and nature of a plea bargain, and (3) urging appellant to plead guilty and then coercing him to go to trial.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

GUNTHER, WARNER and POLEN, JJ., concur.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING OR CLARIFICATION

ORDERED that Appellee's February 27, 1990 motion for rehearing or clarification is granted, in part, as to failure to advise appellant of his right to speedy trial. Accordingly, the opinion of February 14, 1990, is modified to exclude that issue.


Summaries of

Davis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 2, 1990
559 So. 2d 630 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)
Case details for

Davis v. State

Case Details

Full title:CHARLES DAVIS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: May 2, 1990

Citations

559 So. 2d 630 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

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