Timothy J. REGAN, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Appellant pro se.
Rоbert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Invoking Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, Timothy Regan alleges that *829 court-appоinted defense counsel was ineffective and that his guilty pleas were involuntary because defense counsel misled him, advising him that sentences for new offеnses would run concurrently with any sentence imposed for prior offenses fоr which he had been on control release. The trial court denied relief. We reverse and remand with directions that the trial court identify and attach to the order on remand additional portions of the record conclusively refuting Mr. Regan's claim or hold an evidentiary hearing.
A claim that defense counsel's mistaken advice that separate sentences would run concurrently instead of consecutively induced a defendant to plead guilty is cognizable under rule 3.850. See Smith v. State,
The trial court did not attach anything that refutes Mr. Regan's allegations. The рlea colloquies established little more than that Mr. Regan understood the writtеn plea agreement. Although the written plea agreement recites that Mr. Regan was satisfied with the performance of defense counsel when he signed the agreement, the motion alleges that he was not then aware his sentences would run consecutively. Cf. Alford v. State,
The statement in the written plea agreement that "no threats or promises have been made to cause [Mr. Regan] to enter this plea," does not conclusively refute his claim that his attоrney misadvised him that his sentences would run concurrently rather than consecutively. See Davis v. State,
Shortly after the issuance of Hoch [v. State,679 So.2d 847 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996)], the Florida Supreme Court resolved a conflict between districts by holding that a general question about promises or inducements that does not spеcifically address the amount of time the defendant has been told he will servе does not conclusively refute a claim of ineffectiveness of counsel and defеat a claim that the plea was involuntary and thus subject to vacation. See State v. Leroux,689 So.2d 235 (Fla. 199[6]). Leroux, as did Hoch, involved allegations that counsel made representations concerning the portion of the sentence that the client should expect to actually serve. Davis's claim does not involve prospects of gain time or early release, but instead is grounded on misadvice that the sentence аccepted would run concurrently with another sentence. We believe the principles of Leroux and Hoch should apply equally under these facts; both involve alleged misrepresentations about the amount of time a client will actuаlly serve on a particular sentence that is the subject of a plea offer.
Davis,
ERVIN, BOOTH, and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.
