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RIGABAR v. BROOME

No. 95-0333.

658 So.2d 1038 (1995)

William R. RIGABAR, Petitioner, v. Hon. Virginia Gay BROOME, Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Opinion Denying Rehearing July 5, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip G. Butler, Jr., of Butler & Brown, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

FARMER, Judge.

The defendant in a criminal case petitions for an order directing the trial judge to accept his plea of guilty in spite of the judge's announced policy of categorically refusing to accept guilty pleas when they are made without an express admission of actual guilt. Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.172 provides in relevant part:

"(a) Voluntariness; Factual Basis. Before accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the trial...

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