Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 20, 1990No. 90-00715PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

John Smith appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief. We reverse.

Smith claims that he was promised a sentence of no more than two and one-half years if he would enter a plea to escape *464charges. Instead, he received four years. If so, Smith would be entitled either to enforce the plea agreement or, if the trial court were unwilling to accept the agreement, withdraw his plea. See, e.g., Devard v. State, 504 So.2d 28 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).

The trial court’s order states that Smith did, in fact, receive the sentence he was promised. Attached to that order is a transcript of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Devard v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API