Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2017

Dinnall v. State

Dinnall v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 22, 2017 · Conner, Gross, Levine
211 So. 3d 153; 2017 WL 697744; 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 2411 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Dinnall v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Clinton Dinnall appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm as to all grounds except his sixth, wherein Dinnall argues that trial counsel failed to request a competency *154evaluation pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.210(b).

The trial court summarily denied that ground based on the state’s response. However, that response did not address ground six nor was the claim considered at the evidentiary hearing after which the trial court resolved other issues.

Accordingly, we reverse the summary denial of ground six and remand for attachment of portions of the record conclusively refuting that claim or for an eviden-tiary hearing. See Freeman v. State, 761 So.2d 1055, 1061 (Fla. 2000) (“[A] defendant is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a postconviction relief motion unless (1) the motion, files, and records in the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief, or (2) the motion or a particular claim is legally insufficient.”).

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.

Gross, Levine and Conner, JJ., concur.

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