SMOAK v. STATE

No. 89-2768.

557 So.2d 693 (1990)

Samuel SMOAK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Smoak, Avon Park, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Lynn Waxman, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal of the trial court's summary denial of appellant's motion for post-conviction relief, in which he sought inter alia to withdraw his plea of guilty to the charge of battery on a law enforcement officer. We reverse.

We remand this cause to the trial court with instructions to conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether appellant had effective assistance of counsel when he entered his plea of guilty to the charge of battery...

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