Thomas v. State

Appellant, Raymond Thomas, appeals the summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm all but one of the five issues without further comment, but reverse and remand on issue four, which alleged that his trial attorney was ineffective for failing to present him with the option of accepting the state’s plea offer of 42 months in prison and no fine. Thomas represents he would have accepted the offer if his lawyer had consulted with him about it, but that counsel instead unilaterally rejected the offer, and did not inform Thomas of his decision…