Legal Opinion

Wilder v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 27, 2011No. 1D10-5196Published

1Per curiam

Appellant challenges the judgment and sentence entered after he pled guilty to one count of grand theft, seven counts of forgery, and seven counts of uttering forged checks. Appellant entered into a plea agreement. In exchange for the plea, he agreed to be adjudicated guilty and sentenced to 60 months in prison. At the sentencing hearing, Appellant was sentenced to 100 months in prison. Appellant contends that this sentence was in violation of the plea agreement. The State properly concedes error. “ ‘A plea agreement is a contract and the rules of contract law are applicable to plea…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Garcia v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  2. Armstrong v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

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