Case Name: Mario Lira RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-08-15
Citations: 792 So. 2d 600
Docket Number: No. 2D01-2108
Parties: Mario Lira RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: FULMER and GREEN, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 792
Pages: 600–601

Head Matter:
Mario Lira RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D01-2108.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Aug. 15, 2001.

Opinion:
BLUE, Chief Judge.
Mario Lira Rodriguez appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. In his motion, Rodriguez made a facially sufficient claim that his plea was involuntary based on Heggs v. State, 759 So.2d 620 (Fla.2000). The trial court denied the motion as untimely because it was filed more than two years after Rodriguez's conviction became final on direct appeal. In so doing, the trial court apparently overlooked this court's decision in Murphy v. State, 773 So.2d 1174 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000), which held that a defendant shall have two years from the issuance of the supreme court's opinion in Heggs to file a rule 3.850 motion challenging his or her plea on that basis. Rodriguez's motion was thus timely. We therefore reverse and remand for an evi-dentiary hearing.
Reversed and remanded.
FULMER and GREEN, JJ., Concur.