Duque v. State

STONE, Judge.

The appellant’s conviction and sentence are reversed. The defendant attempted to withdraw his no contest plea to first degree murder prior to the court’s final and formal acceptance of the plea.

*127The record reflects that, at the time of the initial colloquy, it was not clear whether the plea was or would be accepted by the court. After first indicating that the plea would be accepted, the court made several statements indicating that more would be done with respect to the plea prior to, and at, the sentencing hearing before the court would be satisfied that the defendant knew what…