Broxson v. State

Appellant by his petition pursuant to the provisions of Criminal Procedure Rule 1, F.S.A. ch. 924 Appendix, sought to vacate judgment and sentence imposed by the trial court. The trial court denied relief without granting a hearing.

Salient allegations in the petition presented to the trial court were: That appellant, while represented by counsel and pursuant to an agreement between himself, his relatives and the prosecuting attorney, entered a plea of nolo contendere to two in-formations (containing 5 counts) charging him with making forged instruments. He waived jury trial. After taking…