STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 92-1759.

615 So.2d 179 (1993)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Charles JOHNSON, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1993.

As Corrected May 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Francine Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Shuminer & Shuminer and Gordon Shuminer, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the defendant was properly allowed to withdraw a guilty plea to felony charges entered in reliance on the misadvice of his attorney. Johnson's attorney had informed him that the plea and subsequent withholding of adjudication by the trial court would not jeopardize his employment as a certified correctional officer.1

It is conceded by the State that positive and material...

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