ESCOBAR v. STATE

No. 3D09-2114.

126 So.3d 277 (2011)

Jose ESCOBAR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, Shannon P. McKenna and Marti Rothenberg , Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Nicholas Merlin , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before RAMIREZ, C.J., and SHEPHERD and SUAREZ, JJ.


SHEPHERD, J.

Jose Escobar appeals a summary denial of his pro se motion to withdraw his plea after sentencing, pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.170(l), on the grounds he failed to understand the specific detail of his plea due to a language "barrier," unfamiliarity with "legal language," being rushed through the plea colloquy by the trial judge and, finally, his counsel "[r]ushed [and] [r]esponded on [his] behalf in a manner inefficient [and...

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