PER CURIAM.
Appellant entered a no contest plea to a drug possession charge on September 25, 2001. On September 26, he filed a pro se motion to withdraw his plea claiming ineffective assistance of counsel. Among the grounds alleged was the claim that appellant's trial counsel had "manipulated [him] into pleading no contest." The trial court denied the motion to vacate the plea without holding an evidentiary hearing. Based on Ventura v. State,
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