THOMAS v. STATE

No. 99-2829.

745 So.2d 468 (1999)

Horace Charles THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace Charles Thomas, Lake Butler, pro se.

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


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Horace Thomas filed a timely postconviction motion alleging that his plea of no contest to burglary of a dwelling was involuntary. The trial court denied the motion on the ground that he was estopped from challenging his conviction after he had accepted the benefits of a probationary sentence and had violated the terms of probation.

The law is clear that a defendant cannot challenge the legality of a probationary term after he has violated...

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