LOPEZ v. STATE

No. 5D15-2119.

192 So.3d 708 (2016)

James LOPEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Noel A. Pelella , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison Leigh Morris , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


James Lopez appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to withdraw his plea. Finding Lopez was improperly denied conflict-free counsel for the hearing of that motion, we reverse.

Lopez was charged with a variety of serious offenses in four separate cases. He entered an open plea to those charges and the trial court ordered a pre...

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