STATE v. BARNES

No. 4D17-3607.

259 So.3d 884 (2018)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Michael BARNES, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 19, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anesha Worthy , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


The state appeals the circuit court's order granting a criminal defendant's motion to vacate a plea. Under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(c)(1), an order granting a defendant's motion to vacate a plea is not among the orders that the state may appeal. We treat the notice of appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari. See State...

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