Case Name: Sam SADLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-10-26
Citations: 799 So. 2d 1091
Docket Number: No. 2D01-2275
Parties: Sam SADLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BLUE, C.J., and DAVIS, J., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 799
Pages: 1091–1091

Head Matter:
Sam SADLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D01-2275.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 26, 2001.

Opinion:
THREADGILL, Judge.
Sam Sadler appeals the trial court's summary denial of his motion for postcon-viction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We treat Sadler's motion as a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking leave to file a belated postconviction motion and reverse. On remand the trial court shall conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Sadler retained counsel to timely file a rule 3.850 motion and whether counsel failed to timely file such a motion. See Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla.1999).
Reversed and remanded.
BLUE, C.J., and DAVIS, J., Concur.