Taylor v. State

Appellant seeks review of an order denying without a hearing his motion for post-conviction relief, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Because we conclude that appellant has asserted a claim based upon newly discovered evidence which is sufficient to entitle him to an eviden-tiary hearing, we reverse.

In his motion, appellant requests permission to withdraw his plea of guilty “as a matter of convenience,” * entered in November 1993, to the charge of sale or delivery of cocaine. He alleges that he entered his plea, while maintaining his innocence, after having explained…