JERRY SCHAEFER, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 1972-06-29
No. 71-67
Reed, C. J., Mager, J., Walden, J.
264 So. 2d 121 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1972) Positive Treatment
Cited by 2 cases

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Synopsis

Florida appellate court affirmed a guilty plea conviction for issuing a worthless check, rejecting challenges to the trial court's plea inquiry and denial of withdrawal, while preserving the defendant's right to challenge voluntariness under Rule 3.850.


Holding

A trial court's acceptance of a guilty plea and denial of withdrawal are affirmed where no timely motion to withdraw was made and the record lacks adequate basis for the asserted error.


Headnotes

[1] A timely motion to withdraw a guilty plea is required; absent such motion, the trial court's denial of withdrawal cannot be reviewed for error.

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Facts & Procedural History

Schaefer was charged in April 1969 with issuing a worthless check in violation of F.S. Section 832.05(3); he pleaded guilty on September 29, 1970, and…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant Schaefer was charged in Palm Beach County, Florida, on the 28th of April 1969 with having issued a worthless check for the purpose of obtaining things of value in violation of F.S. Section 832.05(3), F.S.A. On 29 September 1970 the defendant pled guilty and was sentenced on 22 January 1971 to confinement in the Palm Beach County jail for a period of one year. This appeal is from the judgment and sentence. The plea of guilty was obviously the result of plea-bargaining between the defendant’s attorney and the prosecuting attorney for the state.

Appellant’s first point on appeal questions the sufficiency of the trial court’s inquiry of appellant before accepting his plea. We affirm as to this point on the theory expressed by the First District Court of Appeal in Kelly v. State, Fla.App.1971, 254 So.2d 22.

Appellant’s second point charges that the trial court erred in failing to allow appellant to withdraw his guilty plea. We affirm as to the second point on two grounds. First, no timely motion to withdraw was made. See Rule 3.170(f), CrPR, 33 F.S.A., and Stapleton v. State, Fla.App. 1970, 239 So.2d 140, 142. Secondly, in our opinion, there is no adequate basis in the record to support the asserted error.

The judgment and sentence are affirmed without prejudice to the right of appellant *122to attack'voluntariness in fact of the guilty plea by appropriate motion under Rule 3.-850, CrPR.

Affirmed.

REED, C. J., and MAGER, J., concur.

WALDEN, J., dissents, with opinion.

WALDEN, Judge

(dissenting).

I am simply of the view that defendant has made an adequate showing in fact and law and the court should here reverse and remand with instructions to permit the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea and plead over.

Dissent
WALDEN, Judge

WALDEN, Judge

(dissenting).

I am simply of the view that defendant has made an adequate showing in fact and law and the court should here reverse and remand with instructions to permit the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea and plead over.


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