Case Name: Roberto RODRIGUEZ a/k/a Orlando Rodriguez, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2018-11-06
Citations: 260 So. 3d 1107
Docket Number: No. 3D18-1582
Parties: Roberto RODRIGUEZ a/k/a Orlando Rodriguez, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before ROTHENBERG, C.J., and SALTER, and LINDSEY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 260
Pages: 1107–1107

Head Matter:
Roberto RODRIGUEZ a/k/a Orlando Rodriguez, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D18-1582
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Opinion filed November 6, 2018
Roberto Rodriguez a/k/a Orlando Rodriguez, in proper person.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Michael W. Mervine, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before ROTHENBERG, C.J., and SALTER, and LINDSEY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Roberto Rodriguez ("Orlando Rodriguez") appeals an order summarily denying, without a response from the State, and without attaching any documents in support of denial, his "petition for correction of name." He seeks to correct record documents relating to his criminal conviction and sentence which show his name as "Roberto Rodriguez" when he is, in fact, Orlando Rodriguez.
In its response filed in this appeal, the State concedes that the trial court's summary order of denial should be reversed and the case remanded for a ruling on the merits of Mr. Rodriguez' petition. We agree. See Howard v. State, 139 So.3d 975 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014) (reversing trial court's summary order of denial of defendant's motion to correct record and remanding for consideration of motion on the merits). Accordingly, we hereby reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing to occur, within ten days and pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540(a) and Howard, on the merits of Mr. Rodriguez' petition for correction of name.
Reversed and remanded with instructions.