Simmons v. State

CASANUEVA, Chief Judge.

Charles Simmons, Jr., on probation for various felonies and misdemeanors resulting from a severe cocaine addiction, admitted violating that probation by committing new drug-related crimes. After the court sentenced him on the underlying convictions and the newly admitted charges, he filed a pro se motion to withdraw his plea pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.170(0, claiming his counsel had coerced him into pleading. The circuit court dismissed the motion as a nullity based on Grainger v. State, 906 So.2d 380 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005), because he was represented…