GHANAVATI v. STATE

No. 4D02-1280.

820 So.2d 989 (2002)

Assadollah GHANAVATI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Benitez of Benitez & Associates, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Assadollah Ghanavati appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. We reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing.

On February 9, 1987, appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere, adjudication was withheld, and he was placed on two years of probation. On September 10, 2001, he filed the instant motion for postconviction relief, seeking to vacate his plea, alleging that he first learned...

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