Morgan v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, Judge.
James Morgan appeals from the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Morgan entered a plea of no contest to charges of first degree murder and robbery. He was sentenced to life and a concurrent fifteen year term. He now claims not to have been made aware that the murder sentence required a mandatory twenty-five year minimum prison term.* If Morgan’s assertion is correct, he may be entitled to withdraw his plea. See, e.g., Perez v. State, 449 So.2d 407 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984). In response to the motion the trial court attached the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Perez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
- State v. ChapinSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
3Cited by1 opinion
- Colon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993