McCLOUGH v. State

BLACK, Judge.

Joseph McClough challenges his sentence for robbery with a firearm, arguing that it violated the negotiated sentencing cap agreed to in return for McClough’s plea of guilty. McClough argues that his counsel was ineffective on the face of the record for failing to object to a sentence that exceeded the cap agreed to by the State and accepted by the trial court at the plea hearing and for failing to file a motion to withdraw plea pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.170(i).

McClough entered a plea to charges of robbery with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a…