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492 So. 2d 394

Docket No. BJ-132.

Wright v. State

Melvin WRIGHT, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1986-08-07

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 1987

4 state decisions

Relies on In re Rules of Criminal Procedure · Price v. State · 455 So. 2d 457 - Knight v. State

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Decided 1986-08-07

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On Motion for Rehearing August 7, 1986.

¶1Melvin Wright, Sr., pro se.

¶2No appearance for appellee.

¶3JOANOS, Judge.

¶4Melvin Wright, Sr. appeals from the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief. Wright, who was sentenced on June 4, 1984, among other things, alleges his *395 counsel failed to advise him that he was entitled to elect guideline sentencing. We have determined that this constitutes a facially sufficient allegation of ineffective assistance of counsel.

¶5Section 921.001(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1983), provides in relevant part: "The guidelines shall be applied ... to all felonies, except capital felonies and life felonies, committed prior to October 1, 1983, for which sentencing occurs after such date when the defendant affirmatively selects to be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of this act." (emphasis added). In Re Rules of Criminal Procedure (Sentencing Guidelines), 439 So.2d 848 (Fla. 1983). There is no exception to the right to elect guideline sentencing when sentencing occurs after the October 1, 1983 effective date of the guidelines. Query v. State, 455 So.2d 554 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984); Knight v. State, 455 So.2d 457 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984); Adams v. State, 483 So.2d 121 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986); Chippas v. State, 482 So.2d 528 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986).

¶6Since Wright's motion for post-conviction relief presents a facial allegation of ineffective assistance of counsel, we reverse and remand with directions to the trial court to either conduct an evidentiary hearing or attach to the order "a copy of that portion of the files and records which conclusively shows that the prisoner is entitled to no relief." Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850.

¶7Reversed and remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

¶8ERVIN and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.

¶9

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

¶10JOANOS, Judge.

¶11The state has filed a motion for rehearing or modification of our opinion which reversed and remanded the summary denial of appellant's motion for post-conviction relief.

¶12The state requests that we modify our opinion to direct the trial court, on remand, to order the State Attorney to respond to appellant's motion, pursuant to the recent amendment to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, which provides in relevant part:

Unless the motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief, the court shall order the State Attorney to file an answer or other pleading within the period of time fixed by the court or to take such other action as the judge deems appropriate. The answers shall respond to the allegations of the motion.

¶13We agree with the state that the procedure outlined in the amendment to Rule 3.850 may obviate the need for an evidentiary hearing. Accordingly, we modify our opinion to direct that on remand the trial court shall order the State Attorney to respond to the allegations of appellant's motion. In the absence of controverting matters made known by the state through its answer, the trial court shall grant an evidentiary hearing, pursuant to our opinion and the provisions of Rule 3.850. See: Price v. State, 487 So.2d 34 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).

¶14ERVIN and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.

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