CONLAN v. STATE

No. 96-1695.

688 So.2d 375 (1997)

James CONLAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


COBB, Judge.

The appellant, James Conlan, pled guilty to obtaining unemployment benefits by fraud pursuant to a plea agreement under which the state would recommend a sentence of 100 days in the county jail plus a period of probation within which to make restitution. A successor trial judge imposed a prison sentence of 40 months without affording Conlan the opportunity to withdraw his plea. He urges this as error.

The state argues that it fulfilled its bargain...

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