PER CURIAM.
A trial court accepted Tony Lemar Smith's plea of guilty to cocaine possession even though defense counsel expressed a mistaken belief that Smith could appeal a suppression ruling after pleading guilty. The Court of Appeals held that defense counsel's mistaken statement did not overcome the evidence that Smith entered the plea knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently, and dismissed Smith's appeal without reaching the merits. We reverse and remand to the...
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