NUNEZ v. STATE (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Edgar NUNEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 1D2025-0223

Decided: April 08, 2026

Glenn M. Swiatek of Criminal Defense Attorney, P.A., Crestview, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Miranda L. Butson, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Affirmed. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(b)(2)(A)(i) (providing that a defendant may not appeal after a guilty or nolo contendere plea except for an expressly reserved appeal of a “prior dispositive order of the lower tribunal, identifying with particularity the point of law being reserved”); Carroll v. State, 383 So. 3d 563, 567 (Fla. 1st DCA 2024) (reiterating that, after a guilty or no contest plea, a defendant may appeal only “if the issue is expressly reserved and dispositive”); Williams v. State, 134 So. 3d 975, 976 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (“An issue is dispositive only when it is clear that there will be no trial, regardless of the outcome of the appeal.”).

Per Curiam.

Bilbrey, Nordby, and Treadwell, JJ., concur.

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