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Sadler v. State

799 So. 2d 1091, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 15163, 2001 WL 1295410
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedOctober 26, 2001
DocketNo. 2D01-2275
StatusPublished

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Sadler v. State, 799 So. 2d 1091, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 15163, 2001 WL 1295410 (Fla. Ct. App. 2001).

Opinion

THREADGILL, Judge.

Sam Sadler appeals the trial court’s summary denial of his motion for postcon-viction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We treat Sadler’s motion as a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking leave to file a belated postconviction motion and reverse. On remand the trial court shall conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Sadler retained counsel to timely file a rule 3.850 motion and whether counsel failed to timely file such a motion. See Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla.1999).

Reversed and remanded.

BLUE, C.J., and DAVIS, J., Concur.

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Steele v. Kehoe
747 So. 2d 931 (Supreme Court of Florida, 1999)

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