BARRETO v. STATE

No. 5D09-3568.

50 So.3d 738 (2010)

Sylvette BARRETO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Wesley Blankner, Jr. , of Jaeger & Blankner, Orlando, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann M. Phillips , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Sylvette Barreto entered no contest pleas to two counts of sexual battery on a child over the age of twelve by a person in familial or custodial authority. On appeal, she contends that her plea was involuntary because she was under the influence of prescription medication at the time of the plea. We affirm.

We begin our discussion by observing that F. Wesley Blankner, Jr., Barreto's appellate counsel, also served as her trial counsel. Counsel requested...

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