OLUSEGUN ASAJU
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 6th DCA | 2026-04-10
No. 2025-1711
2026 FL 4135 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2026) Positive Treatment
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Holding

When a sentence results from a negotiated plea, a defendant cannot challenge the sentence under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2) but must instead seek to withdraw the plea.


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[1] A defendant sentenced pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement may not challenge the sentence through a Rule 3.800(b)(2) motion; the appropriate remedy is an application t…

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“Because this was a negotiated plea, Smith may not seek relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). His remedy is to seek to withdraw his plea.”

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Asaju challenged his sentence, which was imposed pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement.…

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Opinion of the Court

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 6D2025-1711 Lower Tribunal No. 2024-CT-008710

OLUSEGUN ASAJU, Appellant,

v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Appeal from the County Court for Polk County. Stacie Kaylor, Judge.

April 10, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Smith v. State, 365 So. 3d 487, 489 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023) ("Because this was a negotiated plea, Smith may not seek relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). His remedy is to seek to withdraw his plea." (citing Tucker v. State, 174 So. 3d 485, 487–88 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015) (“We agree with the trial court that this issue is not cognizable in a rule 3.800(b) motion, because the sentence was a result of a negotiated plea. Thus, the real objection is to the plea

agreement itself. The remedy for an illegal sentence based upon a negotiated plea is to seek to withdraw the plea."))).

WOZNIAK, MIZE and BROWNLEE, JJ., concur. Ira D. Karmelin, of Ted L. Hollander and Associates, P.A., d/b/a The Ticket Clinic, Kissimmee, for Appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marena S. Ramirez, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED

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