Case Name: Travis J. BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-12-18
Citations: 724 So. 2d 161
Docket Number: No. 98-1183
Parties: Travis J. BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH and ANTOON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 724
Pages: 161–162

Head Matter:
Travis J. BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-1183.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 18, 1998.
Travis J. Bennett, Defuniak Springs, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mary G. Jolley, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appel-lee.

Opinion:
GOSHORN, J.
Travis Bennett appeals the denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion which alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Bennett asserts that his counsel misadvised him as to the maximum sentence he faced when entering his plea, and that absent counsel's misadvice, he would not have entered his plea. The record and testimony adduced at the evidentiary hearing on Bennett's motion support Bennett's assertions. Accordingly, we reverse for Bennett to be allowed to withdraw his plea and proceed to trial.
REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings.
DAUKSCH and ANTOON, JJ., concur.