THOMAS WILLIAMS, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1972-03-21
No. 71-1273
Before BARKDULL, C. J., and PEARSON and CHARLES CARROLL, JJ.
259 So. 2d 533 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1972)

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Synopsis

The court reversed the summary denial of a Rule 3.850 petition and remanded for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the defendant was an unmarried minor at trial and whether statutory notice requirements under § 932.38 were satisfied.


Holding

A summary denial of a Rule 3.850 petition challenging compliance with § 932.38 notice requirements for minors must be reversed when the record is inadequate to support a determination of compliance and an evidentiary hearing is necessary.


Headnotes

[1] A summary denial of a Rule 3.850 petition challenging statutory compliance with notice requirements for unmarried minors must be reversed when the record is inadequate to…

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Key Quotes

“the existing record is totally inadequate to support a determination that there was compliance with Fla. Stat. § 932.38”

State's concession in motion to relinquish jurisdiction regarding the inadequacy of the record

Facts & Procedural History

Williams was charged by information as a minor and filed a Rule 3.850 petition alleging that the provisions of § 932.38, Fla.Stat. (1963), were not co…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a summary denial of a petition filed pursuant to CrPR 3.850, 33 F.S.A.

The appellant’s contention in the trial court was that he was a minor at the time he was charged with an information and that the provisions of § 932.38, Fla.Stat. (1963), F.S.A., were not complied with. The State has filed a motion to relinquish jurisdiction. In said motion, the following is found:

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“4) It is the respondent’s position that the petitioner failed to make a prima fa-cia showing that he was entitled to relief, in that he did not allege that he was an unmarried minor. Miles v. State, 174 So.2d 576 (Fla.3rd D.C.A., 1965). However, insofar as the existing record is totally inadequate to support a determination that there was compliance with Fla. Stat. § 932.38, respondent hereby concurs that an evidentiary hearing is necessary to determine whether the defendant was an unmarried minor at the time of his trial, and if so, whether sufficient notice was provided. Ziegler v. State, 180 So.2d 477, (Fla.3rd D.C.A., 1965).”
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Upon a review of the record before us and the concession by the State in the motion to relinquish jurisdiction, the order here under review summarily denying it, dated November 2, 1971, be and the same is hereby reversed with directions to grant the appellant an evidentiary hearing.

Reversed and remanded, with directions.


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