Pirie v. State, 253 So. 3d 778 (2018)

Sept. 28, 2018 · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District · Case No. 5D18-730

253 So. 3d 778

Matthew PIRIE, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Case No. 5D18-730

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 28, 2018

Terrence E. Kehoe, of Law Office of Terrence E. Kehoe, Orlando, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Matthew Pirie appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. While the court properly determined that Pirie's motion was facially insufficient, it should have given him at least one opportunity to amend. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850(f)(2) ("If the motion is insufficient on its face, and the motion is timely filed under this rule, the court shall enter a nonfinal, nonappealable order allowing the defendant 60 days to amend the motion."); Spera v. State, 971 So.2d 754, 761-62 (Fla. 2007) (holding that trial court must give defendant one opportunity to amend facially deficient claims).

Accordingly, we reverse the summary denial and remand with directions that the court strike Pirie's motion and grant him sixty days to file an amended motion if he can do so in good faith.

REVERSED and REMANDED.

ORFINGER, EVANDER and HARRIS, JJ., concur.