Legal Opinion

Whiting v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 19, 2006No. 5D05-2707PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

929 So.2d 673 (2006)

Robert WHITING, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 5D05-2707.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 19, 2006.

Robert Whiting, Cocoa, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PLEUS, C.J.

The defendant appeals from an order summarily denying his pro se motion to withdraw guilty pleas.

The defendant's motion asserts that the trial court erred in failing to order a competency evaluation of him before accepting his pleas. The State maintains that the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Logan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  2. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  3. Mourra v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  4. Bermudez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
  5. Peterson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sheppard v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2009
  2. Sheppard v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
  3. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  4. Gonzales v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
  5. Vasquez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

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