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Pierni v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Dec 18, 2009
24 So. 3d 685 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 5D09-3165.

December 18, 2009.

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Robert J. Egan, Judge.

Patrick J. Pierni, Crawfordville, pro se.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for appellee.


Pierni appeals from the summary denial of his Rule 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief. As the State concedes, the first two grounds for relief set forth in Pierni's motion were facially sufficient. However, the trial court failed to provide any rationale or specific reference to the record to support its denial of relief. Accordingly, as to these grounds, we reverse the trial court's order and remand to either attach documents conclusively refuting Pierni's allegations or hold an evidentiary hearing. Perez v. State, 17 So.3d 344 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009). We affirm the trial court's summary denial of Pierni's third ground for relief.

AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; REMANDED.

PALMER, EVANDER and JACOBUS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Pierni v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Dec 18, 2009
24 So. 3d 685 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)
Case details for

Pierni v. State

Case Details

Full title:Patrick J. PIERNI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Dec 18, 2009

Citations

24 So. 3d 685 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)