Edenfield v. State

Michael Edenfield challenges the trial court’s denial of his postconviction motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The trial court erroneously denied the motion on one ground asserted, and upon that one we reverse. On the other issues raised by Edenfield, we affirm without discussion.

In his motion, Edenfield claims that he was advised upon tendering his plea of no contest that the maximum allowable sentence for his crime, a third-degree felony, was five years, and that the trial court thereafter imposed a sentence of one hundred months. The briefs on Edenfield’s…