Case Name: Duane Isaac WALKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-05-05
Citations: 871 So. 2d 1034
Docket Number: No. 03-2213
Parties: Duane Isaac WALKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before FLETCHER, WELLS, and SHEPHERD, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 871
Pages: 1034–1034

Head Matter:
Duane Isaac WALKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 03-2213.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 5, 2004.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Manuel Alvarez, Public Defender, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Thomas C. Mielke, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before FLETCHER, WELLS, and SHEPHERD, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Duane Isaac Walker contends that the trial court erred by denying him a "Steele " hearing. However a Steele hearing is not required as the trial court considered Walker's belated motion for post-conviction relief and denied it on the merits as well as on procedural grounds.
Affirmed.
. Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla.1999)(holding that a prisoner is entitled to a hearing on a claim that he or she missed the deadline to file a Rule 3.850 motion because his or her attorney had agreed to file the motion but failed to do so in a timely manner; if the prisoner prevails at the hearing he or she is authorized to file belatedly a Rule 3.850 motion).
. In Steele, at 934-35, the court directly amended Rule 3.850(b) to provide for a belated appeal in situations such as Steele's. See Rule 3.850(b)(3)[2004],
. Holding that Walker's claim was refuted by the plea colloquy.