Melton v. State

Appellant filed a motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, alleging that her plea was involuntary because of threats of harsher treatment if she insisted on proceeding to trial. This court affirmed the denial of the motion without prejudice for appellant to refile a properly sworn motion in compliance with rule 3.850 within 60 days. See Melton v. State, 720 So.2d 577 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). In appellant’s subsequent motion, she pointed to specific statements in the record that she claimed demonstrated that the *88trial court threatened her with a longer sentence and precluded…