Opinion
No. 4D99-1861.
Opinion filed March 15, 2000. Rehearing denied May 2, 2000.
Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; John L. Phillips, Judge; L.T. No. 96-11074CFA02.
Michael H. Bloom, Coconut Grove, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanine Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
We reverse the summary denial of appellant's rule 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief and remand for an evidentiary hearing on: (1) whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to interview key witnesses; (2) advising defendant to plead guilty because he had no viable defense.
KLEIN, TAYLOR and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.