Legal Opinion

Ingram v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 3, 1998No. 97-1317PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

STEVENSON, Judge.

Appellant was tried by jury and convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to sell and possession of a firearm by a con*353victed felon. Appellant was sentenced to concurrent six-year terms of imprisonment. Appellant maintains that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to accept a “best interests” guilty plea prior to trial. We disagree and affirm.

Without setting forth the plea colloquy in its entirety, suffice it to say that the lower court believed that the State’s offered sentence of one year’s imprisonment with credit for time served was too lenient and,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Rigabar v. BroomeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Baxter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013

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