Rhodes v. State

Calvin Rhodes appeals the judgments and sentences entered pursuant to his plea of nolo contendere to charges of grand theft and burglary. He contends that the trial court erred in refusing to allow him to withdraw his plea. The record shows that the state and Rhodes entered into a plea agreement wherein, in exchange for Rhodes’s nolo contendere plea to a burglary charge, the state agreed to recommend either 24 or 30 months’ incarceration,1 assuming Rhodes fell into the 12-30 month sentencing guidelines category. . Rhodes complied with the agreement by entering the no contest plea. A…