Escobar v. State

Jose Escobar appeals a summary denial of his pro se motion to withdraw his plea after sentencing, pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.170(1), on the grounds he failed to understand the specific detail of his plea due to a language “barrier,” unfamiliarity with “legal language,” being rushed through the plea colloquy by the trial judge and, finally, his counsel “[rjushed [and][r]esponded on [his] behalf in a manner inefficient [and] not agreeable to [him].” Escobar’s motion is in the form of a letter written by Escobar in his jail cell and mailed to the trial judge. The trial…