ANTONIO HALL, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1992-08-07
No. 91-3423
ERVIN and SMITH, JJ„ concur.
603 So. 2d 650 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1992) Positive Treatment
Cited by 15 cases

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Synopsis

Antonio Hall appeals the summary denial of his post-conviction motion for ineffective assistance of counsel, raising two claims: lack of factual basis for his nolo contendere plea on drug charges and inadequate procedural protections in his habitual offender sentencing. The court reverses and remands because the trial court failed to adequately address Hall's claims in the record.


Holding

The trial court's summary denial of Hall's 3.850 motion was improper because the order did not attach the arrest reports or other evidence establishing a factual basis for the plea, and did not address Hall's habitual offender procedural due process claim. The trial court must either attach the relevant evidence to its order or hold an evidentiary hearing on both issues.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court must inquire into and establish a factual basis for a defendant's plea before accepting it.

[2] A stipulation to a factual basis for a plea is insufficient if no factual basis exists in the record.

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Key Quotes

“the trial judge must receive in the record factual information to establish the offense to which the defendant has entered his plea”

Establishes the requirement for adequate factual basis in plea proceedings, citing Koenig v. State

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Facts & Procedural History

Hall entered a nolo contendere plea to charges of sale and possession of a controlled substance. Defense counsel stipulated into evidence certain arre…

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Opinion of the Court
KAHN, Judge.

KAHN, Judge.

Antonio Hall appeals the trial court’s order summarily denying his motion for post-conviction relief. Appellant raises several issues, only two of which merit discussion. Appellant contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel (1) because no factual basis exists for his conviction on charges of sale and possession of a controlled substance, notwithstanding entry of a nolo contendere plea, and (2) because counsel advised him to accept treatment as a habitual offender without being afforded procedural due process under the habitual offender statute.

Appellant correctly asserts that there must be a factual basis for the plea. In Koenig v. State, 597 So. 2d 256 (Fla.1992), the supreme court reversed a defendant’s conviction because the plea was deficient in that the trial judge failed to inquire into the factual basis for the plea. The court explained that prior to accepting a plea of no contest, “the trial judge must receive in the record factual information to establish the offense to which the defendant has entered his plea.” Id. Although defense counsel in Koenig stipulated to a factual basis for the plea, the court held that a stipulation with no factual basis in the record is insufficient. Here, appellant asserts there was no factual basis to support his conviction. The defense counsel, in the case at bar, stipulated into evidence the information in certain arrest reports “in lieu of a statement of probable cause.” However, the trial court failed to attach those reports, or any other portions of the record establishing a factual basis for the plea, to its order denying the motion. The order does not, therefore, conclusively show that Hall is entitled to no relief. Fla. R.Crim.P. 3.850.

We entered an order directing the trial court to forward the arrest report which the defense counsel stipulated into evidence “in lieu of a statement of probable cause” or any other evidence on which the trial court relied in finding a factual basis for the plea. In response, the trial court sent an arrest report and capias for failure to appear for a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a matter not addressed by Hall’s motion. The trial court must on remand either attach to its order the arrest report or other evidence relied on in finding a basis for the plea to counts of sale and possession of a controlled substance in Case Numbers 90-621-CFA and 90-673-CFA, or hold an evidentiary hearing to determine whether a factual basis existed for a plea in those cases.

The record excerpts attached likewise fail to refute Hall’s allegation that counsel’s failure to seek the appropriate procedural due process protections found in the habitual offender statute denied Hall effective assistance. In truth, neither the order nor the record attachments even address this contention. See Wells v. State, 598 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992) (remanding order denying 3.850 motion in part for the trial court to attach a portion of the record to refute, or hold an evidentiary hearing on, appellant’s contention that trial counsel was ineffective in that he failed to object to the habitual offender sentencing procedure).

Accordingly, we reverse the order summarily denying appellant’s Rule 3.850 motion and remand this cause for further proceedings consistent with the rule.

ERVIN and SMITH, JJ„ concur.


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  • Moore v. State, 661 So. 2d 921 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995)
    …3.850 motion alleging that trial counsel failed to object to a habitual-offender sentence which the sentencing court imposed without following proper procedures, unless the court attaches portions of the record that refute such claim. Hall v. State, 603 So. 2d 650 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992); Wells v. State, 598 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). It is also reversible error to summarily deny a 3.850 motion alleging that trial counsel failed to honor the defendant’s timely request to take an appeal, without attaching po…
  • Walker v. State, 704 So. 2d 566 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997)
    …erred in summarily denying the motion. Fla. R.Crim.P. 3.850(d). We reverse and remand this cause to the trial court for attachment of those portions of the record that conclusively refute appellant’s claims or an evidentiary hearing. Hall v. State, 603 So. 2d 650 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992); Wells v. State, 598 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992); Oehling v. State, 659 So. 2d 1226 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). Reversed and remanded. WEBSTER, MICKLE and PADOVANU, JJ., concur.…
  • Aquarius M. Jefferson v. State, 638 So. 2d 123 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994)
    …ude the supporting attachments requires a reversal and remand of the trial court’s order so that the trial court can either attach the proper supporting documents or hold an evidentiary hearing on the grounds asserted by the prisoner. Hall v. State, 603 So. 2d 650 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992); Cobb v. State, 582 So. 2d 81 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). Likewise, because of the deficiencies in the trial court’s order denying Appellant’s rule 3.850 motion, the instant case requires a remand to the trial court for an evidentiary h…

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