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Houghton v. StateHoughton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida
Aug 15, 1984
No. AZ-19
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Before:
Mills
MILLS, Judge.

Houghton appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍3.850 motion for postconviction relief. In his motion, Houghton alleges his attorney promised him he would be put on probation if he pleaded guilty. Houghton alleges ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍that, in fact, he was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment following his plea of guilty.

A guilty plea induced by a promise of defense counsel that is ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍not kept is involuntary. Ream v. State, 449 So.2d 960 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). Because the motion is a facially sufficient challenge to the voluntar-iness of Houghton’s guilty plea, ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍this cause is reversed and remanded with directions to the trial court to conduct an evidentiary hearing or to attach portions of the record *726conclusively showing Houghton ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍is entitled to no relief.

Reversed and remanded with directions.

BOOTH and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Houghton v. State
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Aug 15, 1984
Citations: 454 So. 2d 725; 9 Fla. L. Weekly 1811; 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 14705; No. AZ-19
Docket Number: No. AZ-19
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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