Scurry v. State

702 So.2d 568 (1997)

Arthur SCURRY, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 97-03112.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 19, 1997.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

We reverse the summary denial of Arthur Scurry's motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Scurry's motion argued several grounds for relief, one of which has merit.

Scurry pleaded no contest to an escape charge, and was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to thirty years' incarceration. In his motion for postconviction relief, Scurry alleged that his attorney had…