OSTANE v. State

Dara Ostane appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. Ostane claims that defense counsel advised him if he pled no contest to the lesser-included offense of manslaughter, he would receive a ten-year sentence. Accordingly, Ostane pled no contest to the offense of manslaughter, subject to a firearm enhancement, and agreed to “serve a term of prison and/or probation to be determined after an evi-dentiary hearing before the [c]ourt.”

It is undisputed that, at the plea hearing, the trial court and the State…