Case Name: Michael Gene HAMILTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-02-26
Citations: 866 So. 2d 772
Docket Number: No. 1D02-5056
Parties: Michael Gene HAMILTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH, PADOVANO and BROWNING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 866
Pages: 772–773

Head Matter:
Michael Gene HAMILTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D02-5056.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 26, 2004.
Michael Gene Hamilton, pro se.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Elizabeth Fletcher Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Attorneys for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the summary denial of Appellant's third claim of ineffectiveness of counsel in his rule 3.850 motion. The trial court failed to attach any portion of the record to refute Appellant's entitlement to relief and Appellant's claim of prejudice. See Atwater v. State, 788 So.2d 223, 229 (Fla.2001); see also Smallwood v. State, 809 So.2d 56 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). Therefore, we remand and direct the trial court to either conduct an evidentiary hearing on this issue or attach portions of the record to refute Appéllant's allegations. We affirm the denial of Appellant's remaining claims without discussion.
REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings.
BOOTH, PADOVANO and BROWNING, JJ., concur.