STATE v. COX

No. 80-2118.

399 So.2d 1067 (1981)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Thomas Wayne COX, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner.

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for respondent.


HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

The State petitions for a writ of certiorari to quash a judgment and sentence. The State contends that the trial court erred in accepting respondent/defendant's plea to a lesser included offense over the objection of the state attorney. We agree and reverse.

Respondent Cox was charged with robbery. Before the trial judge he changed his previously entered not guilty plea to a plea of guilty to strong-arm robbery with the condition...

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