Manolo Martinez v. State

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: June 11, 2018
• Docket: 5D17-2461
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

MANOLO MARTINEZ,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D17-2461

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed June 15, 2018

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Marc L. Lubet, Judge.

Rupak R. Shah, of Escobar & Associates, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lori N. Hagan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Manolo Martinez appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief

filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm as to Grounds Two,

Three, and Four. However, because the record does not conclusively refute Martinez’s

claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to suppress the wiretap of his

phone conversations, we reverse the summary denial of Ground One and remand for attachment of portions of the record conclusively refuting that claim or for an evidentiary

hearing. See Freeman v. State, 761 So. 2d 1055, 1061 (Fla. 2000) ("[A] defendant is

entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a postconviction relief motion unless (1) the motion,

files, and records in the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief,

or (2) the motion or a particular claim is legally insufficient." (citing Maharaj v. State, 684

So. 2d 726 (Fla. 1996))).

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED.

SAWAYA, BERGER and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.