Flowers v. State

The order denying postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 8.850 is reversed and the cause is remanded for a hearing.

In Monroe County Circuit Court case number 91-803, defendant-appellant Flowers pled guilty to second degree murder and received a split sentence of twelve years in prison followed by probation. He served approximately four years incarceration and by virtue of gain time (and possibly other credits) was released. Later an affidavit of violation of probation was filed. The State also filed charges of forgery and uttering in Monroe County Circuit Court case…