Thames v. State

Appellant challenges the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm without discussion the denial of most of appellant’s claims, but reverse and remand for further consideration of appellant’s claim that his trial counsel affirmatively misadvised him as to the probable length of sentence he would receive if he pled to violating the conditions of his probation.

Appellant pled nolo contendere to violating the terms of his probation and was sentenced to two concurrent terms of ten years’ imprisonment. He alleged in…