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MELTON v. STATE

No. 95-963.

674 So.2d 870 (1996)

Christopher MELTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Richard Parker, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant pled guilty to burglary after the trial court informed him that the court would not accept a nolo contendere plea. Because appellant's "straight up" nolo plea was proper and authorized, the trial court should not have rejected the plea. See Boykin v. Garrison, 658 So.2d 1090 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 664 So.2d 248 (Fla.1995). We will treat the plea as one of nolo contendere, and we affirm the...

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