Case ID: so2d_770/html/1285-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "PER CURIAM", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Clarence BROWN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 3D00-1131.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Nov. 15, 2000.
    Clarence Brown, in proper person.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for appellee.
    Before JORGENSON, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.
   PER CURIAM

The defendant contends that the trial court erred by denying his 3.850 motion without an evidentiary hearing. We agree.

The defendant filed a 3.850 motion alleging that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his counsel failed to conduct an adequate pre-trial investigation. The trial court summarily denied the motion relying on the transcript of defense counsel’s testimony given at a Nelson hearing that was held before trial. Because testimony at the Nelson hearing did not fully address the factual issues raised in the defendant’s 3.850 motion and sworn affidavit, we reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing. Gordon v. State, 608 So.2d 925 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992).

Reversed and remanded. 
      
      . Nelson v. State, 274 So.2d 256 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973).