Carvalho v. State
Carvalho v. State
Opinion of the Court
Appellant, Sidney Carvalho, appeals the summary denial of his rule 3.850 motion. Carvalho was charged by information with count I, DUI manslaughter/unlawful blood alcohol; count II, DUI manslaughter/impaired faculties; count III, leaving the scene of an accident involving death; and count IV, driving while license suspended causing death. In exchange for his no contest plea on counts II and III, the State agreed to dismiss counts I and IV.
Carvalho is correct in that he could not be convicted of all four counts for causing the death of a single victim. See State v. Cooper, 634 So.2d 1074 (Fla. 1994). Likewise, the maximum sentence he could receive was only thirty years in prison. See §§ 316.027(1)(b), 316.193(3)(c)3.a., Fla. Stat. (2002); Rodriguez v. State, 875 So.2d 642 (Fla. 2d DCA2004).
We conclude that Carvalho has stated a legally sufficient claim. The circuit court’s order is therefore reversed and this cause is remanded for an evidentiary hearing or attachment of portions of the record that conclusively refute appellant’s claim.
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