Thompson v. State

Anthony Craig Thompson appeals the summary denial of a motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse.

Thompson’s motion, filed September 11, 1990, alleged that he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to thirty years’ incarceration, with a three-year minimum mandatory requirement. Thompson contends that his plea was coerced in that his counsel told him that the sentencing judge told counsel that if Thompson did not plead, then he would be “given the chair.” The motion further states that after Thompson pleaded guilty…