DEANDRE BLACK
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2021-12-15
No. 20-2405
Farrell, Reid, Schwelb
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2021)

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Holding

A circuit court's denial of motions to withdraw guilty pleas will be affirmed where the defendant may pursue an ineffective assistance of counsel claim through a Rule 3.850 motion.


Headnotes

[1] A defendant may seek to withdraw a guilty plea based on counsel's misadvice regarding the length of the sentence or the actual time to be served.

[2] A claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on misadvice about sentencing is conclusively refuted by the record only if the record directly addresses and corrects…

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Facts & Procedural History

Defendant Black pleaded guilty to one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving injury, two counts of trafficking in illegal substances while po…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We affirm without discussion the circuit court’s denial of the defendant’s motions to withdraw his guilty pleas to one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving injury, two counts of trafficking in various illegal substances while possessing a firearm, five counts of sale of various illegal substances while possessing a firearm, and one count of felon possessing a firearm. This affirmance is without prejudice to the defendant filing a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion seeking an evidentiary hearing on the alleged ineffective assistance of counsel. We make no comment on whether such a motion would have merit. Affirmed without prejudice. WARNER, GERBER and LEVINE, JJ., concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.


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