ALVAREZ v. STATE

No. 98-1922.

742 So.2d 849 (1999)

Salvador Raymundo ALVAREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before LEVY, GERSTEN, and SORONDO, JJ.


GERSTEN, J.

Salvador Raymundo Alvarez ("defendant") appeals an order denying his motion to vacate his no contest plea on drug trafficking charges. Because the defendant failed to prove that his attorney's erroneous advice caused him to enter his plea, we affirm.

The defendant pleaded no contest to a number of drug related charges carrying a minimum mandatory sentence of twenty-five years imprisonment. In exchange for his plea, the defendant obtained a fifteen...

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