Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1996

Sesler v. State

Sesler v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided June 28, 1996 · Antoon, Dauksch, Harris
675 So. 2d 713; 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 6852; 1996 WL 354623 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Sesler v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The summary denial of the defendant’s Rule 3.850 motion seeking a belated appeal based on ineffective assistance of trial counsel in failing to file a timely notice of appeal is reversed and remanded for the trial court to either attach portions of the record which conclusively refute the defendant’s claim or hold an evidentiary hearing to determine the merits of the claim. Stephenson v. State, 655 So.2d 86 (Fla. 1995); State v. District Court of Appeal, First District, 569 So.2d 439 (Fla. 1990).

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

DAUKSCH, HARRIS and ANTOON, JJ., concur.

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