BENNETT v. STATE

No. 98-1183.

724 So.2d 161 (1998)

Travis J. BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis J. Bennett, Defuniak Springs, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mary G. Jolley, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


GOSHORN, J.

Travis Bennett appeals the denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion which alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Bennett asserts that his counsel misadvised him as to the maximum sentence he faced when entering his plea, and that absent counsel's misadvice, he would not have entered his plea. The record and testimony adduced at the evidentiary hearing on Bennett's motion support Bennett's assertions. Accordingly, we reverse...

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