Case Name: Menelek WILLIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-05-03
Citations: 756 So. 2d 261
Docket Number: No. 3D00-546
Parties: Menelek WILLIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 756
Pages: 261–262

Head Matter:
Menelek WILLIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D00-546.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 3, 2000.
Menelek Willis, in proper person.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Frank J. Ingrassia, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Menelek Willis appeals from the denial of his motion for postconviction relief alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Because the record does not conclusively refute his claim, see Fla. R.App. P. 9.140(i), we reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing on his claim that trial counsel should have moved to suppress his statements to police because they were obtained without an effective waiver, taking into specific consideration his age and his parents' absence from the questioning.
Reversed and remanded.