Lopez v. State

HENDRY, Judge.

The appellant was indicted, along with a co-defendant, for the crime of murder in the first degree. At his arraignment, he entered his plea of not guilty. The motions for severance filed by the attorneys for both co-defendants were respectively denied, and jury trial began in the Circuit Court of Dade County on March 4, 1968. Following the first day of jury selection, the appellant withdrew his own plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty. Adjudication and sentencing were withheld pending the continuation of the co-defendant’s trial.

The trial of the co-defendant, Toni Kay…