Legal Opinion

Espinosa v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 5, 1997No. 95-3527PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

NESBITT, Judge.

Roberto Angel Espinosa pled guilty to the charged offense of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling in exchange for a fifteen year sentence. The sentence was conditioned on Es-pinosa’s compliance with an agreement he executed with the state. In the event of noneompliance, the agreement provided that Espinosa would, at the option of the state, be subject to a thirty year sentence. Later, the defendant plainly lied during giving of testimony and at the state’s urging, he was sentenced by the trial court to a thirty year sentence. Espinosa timely appeals the sentence which followed…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  2. Spencer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Said v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

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