Case Name: Gerald Randolph BENTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-08-01
Citations: 763 So. 2d 548
Docket Number: No. 1D00-707
Parties: Gerald Randolph BENTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BARFIELD, C.J., MINER and PADOVANO, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 763
Pages: 548–548

Head Matter:
Gerald Randolph BENTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D00-707.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 1, 2000.
Gerald Randolph Benton, Pro Se, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm without discussion the lower court's summary denial of appellant's motion for postconviction relief except as to one claim. Appellant alleged that his defense counsel was ineffective for leading appellant to believe that he could not assert voluntary intoxication as a defense even after counsel was advised that appellant was drinking excessively the day of the offenses. Appellant further alleged that he would not have pled no contest to charges of armed robbery and burglary had he not been so misinformed. This claim is facially sufficient and is not conclusively refuted by the record. See Elwell v. State, 693 So.2d 1137 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997); Worden v. State, 688 So.2d 958 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); Whitty v. State, 687 So.2d 869, 870 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997). Accordingly, the cause is reversed and remanded for evidentiary hearing.
BARFIELD, C.J., MINER and PADOVANO, JJ., CONCUR.