Case Name: Salvador Raymundo ALVAREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-11-05
Citations: 700 So. 2d 1258
Docket Number: No. 97-2376
Parties: Salvador Raymundo ALVAREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, LEVY and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 700
Pages: 1258–1259

Head Matter:
Salvador Raymundo ALVAREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 97-2376.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 5, 1997.
Salvador Raymundo Alvarez, in pro. per.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, LEVY and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Salvador Raymundo Alvarez appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 3.850. For the-following reasons, we reverse.
Alvarez claims his defense counsel misled him as to the amount of time he would actually serve on his concurrent fifteen-year sentences. He asserts that if he had not been misinformed regarding his eligibility for gain time and early release programs,- he would not have entered the plea.
"Misrepresentations by counsel as to the length of a sentence or eligibility for gain time can be the basis for postconviction relief in the form of leave to withdraw a guilty plea." State v. Leroux, 689 So.2d 235, 236 (Fla.1996). The State acknowledges that a hearing will be necessary 'to determine the merits of Defendant's claim. •,
Reversed and remanded for an evidentiary hearing.