CATINELLA v. STATE

No. 98-2302.

732 So.2d 444 (1999)

Michael CATINELLA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Sophia Letts, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


SHAHOOD, J.

Michael Catinella, pled no contest to the charges of exploitation of an elderly or disabled adult by one in a position of trust, grand theft, and uttering a forged instrument. He now appeals his sentence. We reverse and remand appellant's sentence with directions to the trial court to allow appellant to withdraw his plea.

At the plea hearing before the original trial judge, the following exchange took place:

[THE STATE]: He has a total...

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