KEITH EDWARD KISER, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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A trial court's summary denial of a successive post-conviction relief motion was reversed because a motion filed solely to obtain a belated appeal based on ineffective assistance of counsel is not dependent on preliminary merit and does not bar subsequent 3.850 motions alleging other ineffective assistance grounds.
A post-conviction relief motion filed solely to obtain a belated appeal based on ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to file a timely notice of appeal is not successive, and subsequent 3.850 motions alleging other ineffective assistance grounds should not be barred as successive.
[1] A post-conviction relief motion filed solely to obtain a belated appeal based on ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to file a timely notice of appeal is not su…
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ERVIN, Judge.
The trial court’s order summarily denying appellant’s motion for post-conviction relief on the ground that it is a successive motion is reversed and the matter is remanded for further proceedings.
Appellant’s first post-conviction relief motion was filed solely for the purpose of obtaining a belated appeal. As stated in State v. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District, 569 So. 2d 439 (Fla.1990), a motion for post-conviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 is the appropriate vehicle for seeking a belated appeal based on ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to file a timely notice of appeal. Such motions are not dependent upon a preliminary showing of merit, in that an appeal as a matter of right should be permitted even if it is determined to be without merit or it develops that no arguable issue can be found. See Short v. State, 596 So. 2d 502 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992); Gunn v. State, 612 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). Consequently, once a motion for post-conviction relief has been filed solely for the purpose of obtaining a belated appeal, because counsel was ineffective for not timely filing the notice of appeal, a subsequent 3.850 motion should not be considered successive if it alleges ineffective assistance of counsel on other grounds.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur.
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- State v. Dist. Court of Appeal of Fla., 569 So. 2d 439 (Fla. 1990)
- Gunn v. State, 612 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)
- Short v. State, 596 So. 2d 502 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992)