TOWNSEND v. STATE

No. 4D05-1171.

927 So.2d 1064 (2006)

Robert TOWNSEND, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Margaret Good-Earnest, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Y. McIntire, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


MAY, J.

The defendant appeals an order that denied his amended motion to withdraw his plea. He argues that the plea was involuntary because both his trial counsel and the trial court failed to inform him of the three-year mandatory minimum sentence. We agree and reverse.

The State charged the defendant with multiple counts including trafficking. The defendant entered a plea of no contest to the charges based upon the State's offer of 50.6 months to resolve...

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