MORALES v. STATE

No. 4D01-1163.

819 So.2d 831 (2002)

Juan MORALES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Paul E. Petillo, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Meredith L. Balo, Assistant Attorney General, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.


EN BANC

KLEIN, J.

Appellant, after being charged with violating his probation, was offered a prison sentence of two and one-half years if he wished to admit the violation. Appellant rejected the plea offer and, after a hearing on whether he had violated his probation, the trial court found that he had. He now appeals his five year sentence, arguing that there is a presumption of vindictiveness, citing McDonald v. State, 751...

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