PIERCE v. STATE

No. U-469.

318 So.2d 501 (1975)

Robert Marvin PIERCE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, and David J. Busch, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Donald K. Rudser, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOYER, Judge.

Appellant seeks to have his conviction for rape and robbery overturned because, he contends, the trial court accepted his guilty plea and imposed sentence without first conducting an inquiry to determine whether there existed a factual basis for the guilty plea and because his plea was induced by coercion and promises made to him by his court-appointed counsel.

We turn first to the so-called "factual basis" issue which has been considered by...

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