Valley v. State

The defendant appeals from the circuit court’s denial of his motion to withdraw plea and his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2) motion to correct sentence. On the motion to withdraw plea, the defendant argues that the court departed from its neutral role in denying the motion. On the motion to correct sentence, the defendant argues that his sentence exceeded the statutory maximum for the offense to which he pled. We affirm as to both arguments. We write to address only the first argument.

The state charged the defendant with two counts of attempted second degree murder with a…