Legal Opinion

Colon v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 2, 1991No. 91-02695PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

586 So.2d 1305 (1991)

Pablo COLON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 91-02695.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 2, 1991.

2Per curiam

Pablo Colon appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief. We reverse.

Originally Colon was charged with capital sexual battery. § 794.011(2), Fla. Stat. (1989). However, he was permitted to enter a plea to the reduced charge of attempted sexual battery, and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Colon now alleges that the plea was the product of misinformation and coercion on the part of defense counsel, and so was not…

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Counts v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  2. Ray v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  3. Helms v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  4. McLendon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

4Cited by11 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BlackmonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1999
  2. Carmichael v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  3. McCoy v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  4. Montgomery v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  5. Colon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992

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