Case Name: Terrance McCLOUD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-05-08
Citations: 112 So. 3d 739
Docket Number: No. 4D12-3596
Parties: Terrance McCLOUD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MAY, C.J., WARNER and GERBER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 112
Pages: 739–740

Head Matter:
Terrance McCLOUD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D12-3596.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 8, 2013.
Terrance McCloud, Okeechobee, pro se.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant appeals the circuit court's order summarily denying his pro se Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 mo tion for post-conviction relief as to his grand theft conviction. The circuit court denied the motion based on its conclusion that the defendant was represented by-counsel at the time he filed his motion. However, as the state acknowledges, the defendant was not represented by counsel at the time he filed his motion. Therefore, we reverse the circuit court's order summarily denying the defendant's motion. We remand for the circuit court to determine whether the defendant's motion presented any facially valid claims and, if so, to address those claims on the merits.
Reversed and remanded.
MAY, C.J., WARNER and GERBER, JJ., concur.