Legal Opinion

Strong v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 18, 1990No. 89-1079PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHIVERS, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Robert Strong, was charged by information filed in January 1989 with escaping from River Junction Correctional Institute. He entered a plea of nolo con-tendere in March 1989 and was thereafter adjudicated guilty and sentenced to two years incarceration. Appellate counsel filed a timely appellate brief, pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), raising, as its sole issue, the voluntariness of appellant’s plea.

The voluntary and intelligent character of a plea falls within the limited class of issues which a defendant…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. In the Interest of S. C. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  3. In the Interest of L.L. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  4. Crawley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  5. Maralit v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Burns v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  2. Faulk v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

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