District Court of Appeal of Florida

Defendant's conviction and sentence is reversed where the trial court abused its discretion in denying her motion to withdraw her no contest plea, as defendant had established a manifest injustice with regards to her plea colloquy, which was perfunctory at best and completely failed to protect her due process rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/11/2006
• Published 10/11/2006

Judges

• VILLANTI, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Julius J. Aulisio, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.