SIMS v. STATE

No. 93-1378.

637 So.2d 21 (1994)

John E. SIMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sarah B. Mayer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PARIENTE, Judge.

Defendant pled guilty to ten separate felony charges following a plea hearing where he acknowledged that this was an "open plea" without any negotiated sentence. He appeals his conviction and sentence on several grounds, none of which we find meritorious. We affirm.

Defendant challenges the adequacy of the factual basis for one of the ten felonies; specifically, burglary of a structure and, in the course of committing the burglary, an assault...

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