Ward v. State
Ward v. State
Opinion of the Court
Darwin Ward appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to vacate his conviction and sentence and seeks a new trial pursuant to Rule 3.850 of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
On direct appeal of the appellant’s conviction for sale of cocaine, we affirmed stating that “the errors alleged were not fundamental and no timely objections were
The state argued below thát appellant’s motion simply seeks' to rephrase -issues previously raised. The state is incorrect. On the direct appeal', appellant argued that the purported errors were fundamental entitling him to relief. The appellant now argues that his trial counsel was ineffective for not making the objections. We find that the record does not conclusively refute appellant’s claim. Accordingly, we reverse the order denying defendant’s motion for post conviction relief and remand with instructions to the trial court to either conduct an evidentiary hearing or to attach those record excerpts which conclusively refute the defendant’s claim.- See Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(b)(2)(D).
Reversed.
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