Evans v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Evans appeals the summary denial of his motion for post conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. We find that one of the grounds for post-conviction relief is legally sufficient.

Evans, who was a minor at the time he committed his criminal offense, was sentenced as an adult. At the time he was sentenced, a juvenile could only receive adult sanctions if specific findings mandated by statute were reduced to writing. See section 39.059(7)(d), Fla.Stat. (1993). Evans alleged that the court failed to enter written findings as to the…