Case Name: Tony TAYLOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-03-03
Citations: 613 So. 2d 943
Docket Number: No. 92-00950
Parties: Tony TAYLOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: FRANK, A.C.J., and PARKER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 613
Pages: 943–944

Head Matter:
Tony TAYLOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-00950.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
March 3, 1993.
Tony Taylor, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Dale E. Tarpley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
BLUE, Judge.
Tony Taylor appeals the denial of two motions for post-conviction relief. The first motion, filed in 1990, did not sufficiently state a claim for ineffective assistance of trial counsel and was properly denied. Knight v. State, 394 So.2d 997 (Fla.1981).
The second motion, filed in 1991, sought belated appeal review. See State v. District Court of Appeal, First District, 569 So.2d 439 (Fla.1990). The trial court incorrectly denied the motion as successive. See Hickman v. State, 581 So.2d 942 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991). The record contains sufficient evidence that the appellant timely, but unsuccessfully, requested the attorney who was substituted as his counsel after sentencing to file a notice of appeal. Therefore, no evidentiary hearing is necessary. We remand for the trial court to enter an order granting belated appeal of the judgment filed November 23, 1989.
Affirmed in part; reversed in part; and remanded with instructions.
FRANK, A.C.J., and PARKER, J., concur.