Jones v. State

Appellant, Otto Jones, III, appeals the trial court’s summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.1 We affirm all issues raised except appellant’s second issue, in which he contends that he entered an involuntary plea, based upon his attorney’s advice that he would serve no more than two years of a negotiated ten-year sentence. We reverse and remand on this issue.

Following the imposition of his sentence, Jones learned that he was not entitled to early release because of the nature of his crime. An allegation that defense counsel represented to his…