Case Name: James J. QUIGLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-03-22
Citations: 753 So. 2d 764
Docket Number: No. 4D99-0653
Parties: James J. QUIGLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GROSS, TAYLOR and HAZOURI, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 753
Pages: 764–764

Head Matter:
James J. QUIGLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D99-0653.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 22, 2000.
James J. Quigley, Punta Gorda, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Simone P. Firley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the trial court's order dismissing appellant's petition for writ of ha-beas corpus. We remand to the trial court for a hearing as to whether appellant retained counsel to timely file a 3.850 motion and whether counsel failed to timely file such a motion. See Medrano v. State, 748 So.2d 986 (Fla. 1999); Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla.1999).
GROSS, TAYLOR and HAZOURI, JJ" concur.