Alexander v. State

William Floyd Alexander appeals the trial court’s summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief. Alexander alleges that he would not have entered a plea of nolo contendere to multiple charges including manslaughter and armed robbery with a firearm if his trial counsel had not misad-vised him that he would only have to serve 85% of his fifteen-year sentence because of gain time eligibility, and if trial counsel had not failed to advise him that he would incur a mandatory ten-year term for armed robbery.

The trial court found Alexander’s motion…