TAL-MASON v. STATE

No. 96-1678.

700 So.2d 453 (1997)

David TAL-MASON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Margaret Good-Earnest, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, Judge.

This case involves a second degree murder conviction for a crime committed twenty years ago. Defendant was arrested in 1977 but was soon found incompetent to stand trial and sent to an institution. In 1983, his mental faculties having been found restored, he pleaded guilty. In 1995, he moved to withdraw his plea of guilty on the grounds that his defense counsel advised him, among other things, that he could earn gain time for good behavior to reduce...

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