Case Name: Donald GOINES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-04-10
Citations: 670 So. 2d 1201
Docket Number: No. 94-1690
Parties: Donald GOINES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GUNTHER, C.J., and WARNER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 670
Pages: 1201–1202

Head Matter:
Donald GOINES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-1690.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 10, 1996.
Donald Goines, Bowling Green, pro se.
No brief for appellee.

Opinion:
FARMER, Judge.
We reverse the trial court's refusal to continue an evidentiary hearing on a rule 3.850 motion at the defendant's request to obtain counsel. See Williams v. State, 472 So.2d 738 (Fla.1985). On remand, if the court should find that defendant is indigent and unable to obtain private counsel, the trial court shall exercise its discretion under Williams as to the appointment of counsel. We remind the trial judge that, an evidentia-ry hearing having previously been required on this particular, pending rule 3.850 motion, see Goines v. State, 632 So.2d 292 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994), three of the four Williams criteria for the appointment of counsel have already been satisfied.
REVERSED.
GUNTHER, C.J., and WARNER, J., concur.