WALKER, III v. STATE

No. 98-3334.

732 So.2d 448 (1999)

Robert S. WALKER, III, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


BENTON, J.

Robert S. Walker appeals summary denial of his motion for collateral relief from a rape conviction. He alleges that defense counsel was ineffective in choosing to play for the jury an incomprehensible copy of an answering machine tape rather than the original tape, which could be understood. As to this allegation of ineffective assistance of counsel, we reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing. We affirm otherwise.

During trial, defense counsel...

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