NICK NICHOLAS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Nick Nicholas appeals the summary denial of his postconviction relief motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The court reverses and remands because the trial court failed to provide or reference conclusive records demonstrating Nicholas was not entitled to relief, as required by the procedural rules.
The trial court's denial was improper because it did not comply with the procedural requirements of Rule 3.850(f)(4) or (5). The case is reversed and remanded for the trial court to either attach conclusive records demonstrating no relief is warranted, if such records exist, or to conduct an evidentiary hearing under Rule 3.850(f)(8).
[1] In deciding a rule 3.850 postconviction relief motion, a trial court must either attach the conclusive records upon which it relies to its order of denial or conduct an e…
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Establishes the procedural deficiency—the trial court failed to attach required conclusive records with its denial order.
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Appellee. _____________________________ Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Polk County. Melissa Gravitt, Judge.
October 25, 2024 PER CURIAM.
Nick Nicholas appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.1 We have jurisdiction. See Fla. R. Crim P. 3.850(k); Fla. R. App. P. 9.030(b)(1)(A). The trial court denied Nicholas’s claims in an order that alluded to points raised in, and exhibits attached, to a State response hundreds of pages long, but did not attach any