Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1992

Cunningham v. State

Cunningham v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 1, 1992 · Letts, Polen, Stone
600 So. 2d 52; 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 7638; 1992 WL 147150 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cunningham v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant seeks review of the trial court’s order summarily denying his rule 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief. Three grounds raised by appellant in the motion were legally sufficient, and therefore the motion should not have been summarily denied. See Gentry v. State, 464 So.2d 659 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985).

*53Accordingly, we reverse and remand with instructions to the trial court to conduct an evidentiary hearing or to attach portions of the record conclusively showing that appellant is not entitled to relief on the following: (1) whether defense counsel coerced appellant into pleading guilty, (2) whether appellant failed to understand the consequences of his plea due to his mental condition, and (3) whether the trial court failed to advise appellant of the maximum possible penalty he faced.

LETTS, STONE and POLEN, JJ., concur.

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