Williams v. State

WALDEN, Judge.

The trial court denied appellant’s motion under Rule 1.850, F.R.Cr.Proc., 33 F.S.A., without a hearing. He appeals. We reverse and remand with instructions to conduct an evidentiary hearing.

Appellant, a juvenile, was charged with rape. He apparently plead guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Of the points presented only that urging that his guilty plea was involuntary and coerced has merit, and that only sufficient to require an evidentiary inquiry as concerns such allegations.

A plea of guilty may be accepted only if knowingly, understandingly and *681voluntarily given.1…