Amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.170 & 3.700

The Florida Bar Criminal Procedure Rules Committee petitions this Court to amend Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.170 and 3.700. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

The proposed amendment to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.170 is in response to this Court’s request in McCoy v. State, 599 So.2d 645 (Fla.1992). In McCoy, we adopted a procedure for vacating pleas and sentences when a defendant fails to comply with the plea agreement and requested a proposed rule on the subject from the Rules Committee. The Committee’s proposed amendment to rule 3.170(g) is in accord with…