LUMA v. STATE

No. 99-1314.

736 So.2d 1280 (1999)

Jean R. LUMA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 21, 1999.


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 Marrett W. Hanna, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Jean Luma appeals the summary denial of his postconviction motion to vacate his plea. His motion included a claim that his plea was rendered involuntary by his retained attorney's advice to him that if he did not take the state's plea offer, she would not represent him at trial unless he paid her an additional fee. He says that he did not understand that he could get a court-appointed lawyer if he could not afford to pay his private counsel the additional...

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