Crawford v. State

DÁNAHY, Judge.

Norman Woodrow Crawford, Jr., seeks review of the trial court order which summarily denied his motion for postconviction relief. Crawford contends that the trial court erred in retaining jurisdiction over a part of his sentence. We agree and reverse on the authority of State v. Green, 421 So.2d 508 (Fla.1982), wherein our supreme court opined that “if a judge wishes to retain jurisdiction, a defendant must be advised, prior to pleading guilty or nolo con-tendere, that the court can retain jurisdiction over a part of the sentence.”

An examination of the transcript of the change of…