State v. Carmona

The State of Florida appeals the lower court’s ruling granting the defendant, Martin Carmona’s, Motion to Vacate and Set Aside Conviction.

Defendant was charged with two counts of aggravated battery on November 1, 1993. On April 4, 1994, he entered a plea of no contest to the charges. The trial court entered a finding of guilt, withheld adjudication of guilt, and placed defendant on probation for eighteen months with special conditions.

Defendant filed the motion which is the subject of this appeal on October 5, 2001. In it he claimed that the trial court had failed to advise him during the…