Case Name: Gary Mitchell NOWLIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-05-17
Citations: 763 So. 2d 1212
Docket Number: No. 1D99-3870
Parties: Gary Mitchell NOWLIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, VAN NORTWICK and BROWNING, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 763
Pages: 1212–1213

Head Matter:
Gary Mitchell NOWLIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D99-3870.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 17, 2000.
Gary Mitchell Nowlin, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the trial court's summary denial of Nowlin's motion filed under Flor ida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. On remand, the trial court should construe the motion as a petition for -writ of habeas corpus, and hold an evidentiary hearing to determine whether attorney Leo Thomas at any time agreed to file a'3.850 motion for Nowlin and failed to timely do so. Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla.1999).
ERVIN, VAN NORTWICK and BROWNING, JJ., CONCUR.