Case Name: Marcus BLACKMON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-12-19
Citations: 102 So. 3d 773
Docket Number: No. 4D11-4134
Parties: Marcus BLACKMON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HAZOURI, DAMOORGIAN and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 102
Pages: 773–773

Head Matter:
Marcus BLACKMON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D11-4134.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 19, 2012.
Marcus Blackmon, Blountstown, pro se.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Marcus Blackmon pled guilty to a lesser offense of grand theft in Broward Circuit Court in 2006. He was sentenced to 112 days in jail pursuant to a negotiated plea deal. In this motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, Blackmon claimed newly-discovered evidence in the form of a co-defendant's affidavit admitting that he was the sole perpetrator of the offense. The trial court summarily denied this motion based on the State's response arguing that this affidavit conflicted with the probable cause affidavit, and that Blackmon agreed to the lesser offense of grand theft. However, Blackmon alleged that he did so because the affiant at that time refused to admit his guilt.
The trial court erred in summarily denying this motion. See Nordelo v. State, 93 So.3d 178 (Fla.2012); Totta v. State, 740 So.2d 57 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). We reverse and remand for record attachments or an evidentiary hearing.
Reversed and Remanded.
HAZOURI, DAMOORGIAN and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.