RIVERA v. STATE

No. 5D07-653.

984 So.2d 574 (2008)

Joseph RIVERA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Meghan Ann Collins, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison Leigh Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


PLEUS, J.

The defendant appeals from the summary denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. We affirm but write briefly to explain why the court was eminently correct in denying relief without a hearing.

The defendant signed a written plea agreement and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to attempted second degree murder in exchange for dismissal of another charge. Before accepting the plea, the trial judge conducted an extensive plea colloquy after...

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