RODNEY LEON RUSS, DOC #779516, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 2d DCA | 2017-10-06
No. Case No. 2D16-2009
Wallace, J., Khouzam, J., Badalamenti, J.
230 So. 3d 510 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2017) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

Affirmed without further comment because the trial court's denial of the motion to suppress was not stipulated to or determined as dispositive, though the defendant may file a timely motion to withdraw his plea under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.


Holding

A defendant cannot appeal the denial of a motion to suppress following a no contest plea unless there was a stipulation or determination that the denial was dispositive.


Headnotes

[1] A defendant cannot appeal the denial of a motion to suppress following a guilty or no contest plea unless the trial court stipulated to or determined that the denial was…

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Rodney Leon Russ entered a no contest plea to four felonies and two misdemeanors and then challenged the trial court's denial of his motion to suppres…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Following the entry of a no contest plea to four felonies and two misdemeanors, Rodney Leon Russ now challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress the evidence. However, because “there was neither a stipulation nor a determination by the .trial court that the denial of the motion to suppress was dispositive,” we affirm without further comment. Ferran v. State, 210 So.3d 97, 97 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016) (per curiam); see also Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(b)(2)(A)(i); Fla Stat. § 924.051(4) (2015); Leonard v. State, 760 So.2d 114, 119 (Fla. 2000) (holding that when the [district] court determines that an appeal does not present ... a legally dispositive issue that was expressly reserved for appellate review,” the district court should summarily affirm); Henderson v. State, 135 So.3d 1092, 1095 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (holding that where “there was no finding or agreement that the motion was disposi-tive, [the defendant] may not appeal the denial of the motion”).

Yet, because it appears that Mr. Russ “believed that his plea was conditioned upon the reservation of his right to appeal from the denial of his motion to suppress, oúr affirmance is without prejudice to [his] right to file a timely motion to withdraw his plea pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.” See Ferran, 210 So.3d at 97 (first citing Sears v. State, 920 So.2d 709, 709 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006); and then citing Sloss v. State, 917 So.2d 941, 942 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005)).

Affirmed.

WALLACE, KHOUZAM, and BADALAMENTI, JJ., Concur.


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