TIMOTHY CHARLES MCCORD, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (26 total)

• Porter v. State, 564 So. 2d 1060 (Fla. 1990)
  …judge’s denial of Porter’s motion to withdraw his pleas. In Lopez, the Court said: Allowing the withdrawal of a guilty plea is within a trial court’s discretion; it is not a matter of right. Adams v. State, 83 So. 2d 273 (Fla.1955); Adler v. State, 382 So. 2d 1298 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980). The burden of proving a trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow withdrawal of a guilty plea is on the defendant. Mikenas; Adams. After imposition of sentence, that burden means that a defendant must show manifest i…
• Robinson v. State, 761 So. 2d 269 (Fla. 1999)
  …sts that the rule also allows, in the discretion of the court, withdrawal of the plea in the interest of justice, upon a lesser showing than good cause. In any event, this rule should be liberally construed in favor of the defendant. Adler v. State, 382 So. 2d 1298, 1300 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980). The law inclines toward a trial on the merits; and where it appears that the interests of justice would be served, the defendant should be permitted to withdraw his plea. Morton v. State, 317 So. 2d 145, 146 (Fla. 2d DCA 19…
• Tanzi v. State, 964 So. 2d 106 (Fla. 2007)
  …sts that the rule also allows, in the discretion of the court, withdrawal of the plea in the interest of justice, upon a lesser showing than good cause. In any event, this rule should be liberally construed in favor of the defendant. Adler v. State, 382 So. 2d 1298, 1300 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980). The law inclines toward a trial on the merits; and where it appears that the interests of justice would be served, the defendant should be permitted to withdraw his plea. Morton v. State, 317 So. 2d 145, 146 (Fla. 2d DCA 19…

Authorities Cited

• Webb v. State, 373 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979)