Legal Opinion

Laster v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 19, 2001No. 2D01-2909PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WHATLEY, Acting Chief Judge.

Eddie J. Laster appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. In his motion, Last-er alleged that his sentence was illegal and that his plea was involuntary due to ineffective assistance of counsel. We reverse.

Laster entered a plea to two new charges and to multiple violations of probation, including one robbery charge. In his postconviction motion, he alleged that originally he was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by probation for the robbery charge, but eighteen days…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sidell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  2. Slingbaum v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

3Cited by4 opinions

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