Campbell v. State

This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Campbell v. State, 75 So.3d 757 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011). The district court certified that its decision is in direct conflict with the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Cox v. State, 35 So.3d 47 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), on the issue of whether a defendant may, after sentencing,1 withdraw a plea of guilty or nolo contendere based solely upon a trial court’s failure to formally accept the plea as set forth in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.172(g) without a showing that the trial…