LEE v. STATE

No. 64-995.

175 So.2d 95 (1965)

Oliver LEE, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

May 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Koeppel, Public Defender, and Phillip A. Hubbart, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Herbert P. Benn, First Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before TILLMAN PEARSON, CARROLL and SWANN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant pleaded guilty to three informations charging breaking and entering. He received three one-year sentences to be served consecutively. Two years later, while so serving, he petitioned the trial court for relief under Criminal Procedure Rule No. 1, F.S.A., Ch. 924 Appendix. One contention presented was that a police officer beat him and coerced the guilty pleas.

A person charged with crime who is coerced into entering a plea of guilty is...

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