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Petrarca v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan 30, 2013
105 So. 3d 668 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

Opinion

No. 4D10–622.

2013-01-30

Steven PETRARCA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Karen M. Miller, Judge; L.T. Case No. 2005CF006259BXX. Glenn H. Mitchell, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jacqueline N. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Karen M. Miller, Judge; L.T. Case No. 2005CF006259BXX.
Glenn H. Mitchell, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jacqueline N. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.

Steven Petrarca appeals the final order denying his rule 3.850 motion after a limited evidentiary hearing, seeking review of the trial court's summary denial of three grounds for relief. Those grounds were not conclusively refuted by the record. To the extent the record established Petrarca was aware that his offense was punishable by up to a thirty-year statutory maximum, it did not conclusively refute his claim that his attorney told him that, unless the trial court sentenced him to a downward departure based on restitution to be paid, he would be sentenced within a “guidelines” range of 34.5 to 57.5 months, though his offenses were committed several years after the Criminal Punishment Code became effective. See Stacy v. State, 885 So.2d 474 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); see generally Martino v. State, 83 So.3d 927 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Reversed and Remanded.

POLEN, CIKLIN and CONNER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Petrarca v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan 30, 2013
105 So. 3d 668 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)
Case details for

Petrarca v. State

Case Details

Full title:Steven PETRARCA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Date published: Jan 30, 2013

Citations

105 So. 3d 668 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)