Case Name: Jeffrey ASHTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-05-12
Citations: 617 So. 2d 1130
Docket Number: No. 93-0632
Parties: Jeffrey ASHTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GUNTHER, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 617
Pages: 1130–1131

Head Matter:
Jeffrey ASHTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-0632.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 12, 1993.
Jeffrey Ashton, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joan Fowler, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Opinion:
FARMER, Judge.
A prisoner serving a life sentence for his conviction of first degree murder challenges in a collateral attack the effectiveness of his trial counsel. He contends in part that his lawyer failed to call two witnesses who would have testified that a co-defendant actually did the killing and coerced him to assist in covering-up the crime. His lawyer, he adds, told him that he could call the witnesses, both of whom had records, at a new trial after a reversal on appeal.
Unfortunately the trial court's summary denial of his rule 3.850 motion fails to have any attachments showing conclusively that movant is entitled to no relief; nor did the order conclude that the motion is insufficient.
We reverse and remand for an evidentia-ry hearing or for attachment of those portions of the record conclusively demonstrat ing that movant cannot possibly prevail on his motion.
REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.
GUNTHER, J., concurs.
POLEN, J., concurs specially with opinion.