Nova v. State

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

In 1982, Nova moved under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 to vacate his first-degree murder conviction and sentence imposed thereon. The essence of his complaint was that he agreed to be tried by a jury composed of six instead of twelve persons in exchange for the State’s agreement that his maximum punishment if convicted would be twenty years and that this agreement was dishonored when, upon Nova’s conviction, the court imposed a life sentence with the requirement that he serve no less than twenty-five years before becoming eligible for parole.1

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