ABBAS v. STATE

Case No. 5D17-2049.

228 So.3d 1203 (2017)

Richard S. ABBAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed November 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Abbas, Gainesville, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Kielan , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Richard Abbas appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Because the records attached to the order do not conclusively refute Abbas' claim that counsel was ineffective for threatening to withdraw if Abbas did not accept a plea, we reverse...

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