Rosero v. State

Appellant entered a guilty plea to burglary in 1994. He was sentenced to fifteen years of probation. He did not appeal, but filed a motion for post-conviction relief challenging his plea proceedings and claiming ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

We reverse in part the trial court’s summary denial of Appellant’s motion for post-conviction relief. Appellant claimed his plea was defective because the court failed to ensure that he made an intelligent and voluntary waiver, and failed to ascertain his competence to enter the plea. See Koenig v. State, 597 So.2d 256 (Fla.1992); Lilley v.…