Simpson v. State

940 So.2d 604 (2006)

Jeffrey W. SIMPSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D06-1655.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 1, 2006.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Jeffrey W. Simpson appeals the denial of his pro se motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse and remand.

Simpson was sentenced to eleven years in prison on a violation of probation in March 2005, stemming from convictions for crimes that occurred in 1993. In his rule 3.850 motion, Simpson claimed that his counsel in the probation revocation proceeding was…