Supreme Court of Florida

There is no per se rule permitting a defendant threatened with deportation to withdraw his or her plea any time a trial court fails to provide information under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.172(c)(8) during plea colloquy; defendant must demonstrate that he or she was prejudiced in the process by entering the plea from such failure.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/16/2002
• Published 05/16/2002

Judges

• LEWIS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Bureau Chief, and Claudine M. LaFrance, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• No Appearance for Respondent.