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MEREDITH v. STATE

No. 4-86-0313.

508 So.2d 473 (1987)

Peter A. MEREDITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Jeffrey L. Anderson, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joan Fowler Rossin, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse and remand with instructions to allow Peter A. Meredith to withdraw his plea to first degree murder and to proceed to trial.

We do this because the trial court should not have accepted the defendant's plea without first determining whether there was a factual basis for the plea. See Rule 3.172(a), Fla.R.Crim.P.; Maselli v. State, 446 So.2d 1079 (Fla. 1984); and Dydek v. State,...

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