Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1999

Coleman v. State

Coleman v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 27, 1999
744 So. 2d 549; 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 14147; 1999 WL 973556 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Coleman v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The trial court summarily denied the defendant’s rule 3.850 motion on the ground that the claim asserted in the motion was conclusively refuted by the transcript of the defendant’s plea colloquy. However, the transcript was not attached to the order as required by rule 3.850(d). In an appeal from an order summarily denying a postconviction motion, the record consists entirely of “conformed copies of the motion, order, motion for rehearing, and order thereon, and attachments to any of the foregoing.” See Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(f). The appellate court does not have access to the full record as it would in a plenary appeal. Because we do not have the transcript purporting to refute the defendant’s claim, we must reverse the trial court’s summary denial of the motion. On remand, the trial court may attach those portions of the record that conclusively show that the defendant is entitled to no relief, or may conduct an evidentiary hear-

*550ing. See Cooper v. State, 700 So.2d 734 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997).

Reversed.

ERVIN, LAWRENCE and PADOVANO, JJ., CONCUR.

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