Quigley v. State

Full title: JAMES J. QUIGLEY, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 22, 2000

753 So. 2d 764 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 4D99-0653.

Opinion filed March 22, 2000.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; George A. Brescher, Judge; L.T. No. 99-31525.

James J. Quigley, Punta Gorda, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Simone P. Firley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the trial court's order dismissing appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus. We remand to the trial court for a hearing as to whether appellant retained counsel to timely file a 3.850 motion and whether counsel failed to timely file such a motion. See Medrano v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly S477 (Fla. Oct. 14, 1999); Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla. 1999).

GROSS, TAYLOR and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.