Case Name: John VIVEROS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-11-28
Citations: 802 So. 2d 1166
Docket Number: No. 4D01-3070
Parties: John VIVEROS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STEVENSON, GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 802
Pages: 1166–1166

Head Matter:
John VIVEROS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D01-3070.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 28, 2001.
John Viveros, Lowell, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Judy Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the trial court's order denying appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus for belated motion for postconviction relief.
On remand the trial court shall conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether appellant retained counsel to timely file a rule 3.850 motion and whether counsel failed to timely file such a motion. See Medrano v. State, 748 So.2d 986 (Fla.1999); Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla.1999); Krasnick v. State, 780 So.2d 1045 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
STEVENSON, GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.