JESSIE LEE JONES, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Jessie Lee Jones appealed his conviction for assault with intent to commit rape after pleading guilty to the lesser included offense of rape. The appellate court affirmed the judgment and sentence of twenty years imprisonment, finding the guilty plea was voluntary and knowing.
The court affirmed the judgment and sentence, finding that the guilty plea was freely and voluntarily made with knowledge of the consequences.
[1] A guilty plea is considered voluntary and knowing when the defendant is examined at length by the court and their own attorney, and the record indicates the plea was free…
[2] An appellate court may independently review the record to determine if an appeal has merit, even when appointed counsel finds no arguable basis for appeal.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“The record shows that the prosecuting attorney asked appellant Jones and his mother extensive questions at the time of the acceptance of the guilty plea and it was determined after such questioning that the plea was freely and voluntarily made with knowledge of the consequences.”
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceOn March 2, 1971, Jones was indicted in Collier County Circuit Court for rape. He initially pleaded not guilty with appointed counsel. On August 23, 1…
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On March 2, 1971, an indictment was filed in the Circuit Court for Collier County,- Florida, charging appellant Jessie Lee Jones with rape. Counsel was appointed to represent him, and at his arraignment he entered a plea of not guilty. On August 23, 1971, Jones appeared before the court with his counsel and his mother, at which time he withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty tó a lesser included offense of assault with intent to commit rape. After pre-sentence investigation, on October 8, 1971, the court sentenced him to twenty years imprisonment in the State Prison. He has appealed the judgment and sentence to this Court.
The Public Defender, appointed to represent him upon this appeal, has filed a brief in this Court on his behalf, stating that he had “carefully examined the record on Appeal and has found nothing which would arguably support the Appeal. He [Jones] was examined at length by the Court and his own attorney. Everything indicated that the plea was voluntarily and freely given. For these reasons Attorney for Appellant Respectively requests to be relieved as Attorney of Record and cite *394as authority, case of Anders v. State of California, 386 U.S. 738 [87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493.]”
The Public Defender served a copy of his said brief upon appellant Jones, and on April 12, 1972, this Court entered its order allowing Jones thirty days within which to file an additional brief, if he so desired, calling this Court’s attention to any matters that he feels should be considered in connection with the appeal in this cause. No such additional brief has been filed.
In justice to appellant, however, we have carefully examined the entire record on file in this Court upon this appeal. The record shows that the prosecuting attorney asked appellant Jones and his mother extensive questions at the time of the acceptance of the guilty plea and it was determined after such questioning that the plea was freely and voluntarily made with knowledge of the consequences.
We find nothing in the record which would warrant or justify this Court in disturbing the judgment. Accordingly the judgment is thereupon
Affirmed.
LILES and MANN, JJ., concur.