Case Name: Richard S. ABBAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-11-17
Citations: 228 So. 3d 1203
Docket Number: Case No. 5D17-2049
Parties: Richard S. ABBAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: COHEN, C.J., EVANDER and BERGER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 228
Pages: 1203–1203

Head Matter:
Richard S. ABBAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Case No. 5D17-2049
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Opinion filed November 17, 2017
Richard S. Abbas, Gainesville, pro se.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Kielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Richard Abbas appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Because the records attached to the order do not conclusively refute Abbas' claim that counsel was ineffective for threatening to withdraw if Abbas did not accept a plea, we reverse the order under review and remand for attachment of portions of the record conclusively refuting Abbas' claim that he was threatened with counsel's withdrawal during the April 2016 plea and resentencing proceeding or, in the absence of such records, for an evidentiary hearing. See Freeman v. State, 761 So.2d 1055, 1061 (Fla. 2000) ("[A] defendant is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a postconviction relief motion unless (1) the motion, files, and records in the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief, or (2) the motion or a particular claim is legally insufficient." (citing Maharaj v. State, 684 So.2d 726 (Fla. 1996))).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
COHEN, C.J., EVANDER and BERGER, JJ., concur.