Sadler v. State
Sadler v. State
799 So. 2d 1091; 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 15163; 2001 WL 1295410
(Southern Reporter, Second Series)
Sadler v. State
Opinion of the Court
Sam Sadler appeals the trial court’s summary denial of his motion for postcon-viction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We treat Sadler’s motion as a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking leave to file a belated postconviction motion and reverse. On remand the trial court shall conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Sadler retained counsel to timely file a rule 3.850 motion and whether counsel failed to timely file such a motion. See Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla. 1999).
Reversed and remanded.
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