Case Name: David E. BRYANT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-10-30
Citations: 829 So. 2d 969
Docket Number: No. 4D02-547
Parties: David E. BRYANT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: POLEN, C.J., GUNTHER and MAY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 829
Pages: 969–969

Head Matter:
David E. BRYANT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D02-547.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 30, 2002.
David E. Bryant, Wewahitchka, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
David E. Bryant appeals the summary denial of his motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 in which he alleged seven grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel.
In its response to Bryant's motion below, the state attorney argued that the issues raised by Bryant were either raised on appeal, or if they had not been raised, were appropriate trial strategy and the motion was without merit. On the record before this court, it appears that the state simply misinterprets Bryant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.
The trial court, adopting the state's response, summarily denied Bryant's motion, but nothing in the record before this court refutes any of Bryant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.
Since his claims have not been refuted by the record, we reverse and remand for attachment of records which conclusively do so or for an evidentiary hearing on them.
POLEN, C.J., GUNTHER and MAY, JJ., concur.