Legal Opinion

Lawrence v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 20, 1984No. BA-109Published

1Opinion of the Court

MILLS, Judge.

Lawrence appeals from an order summarily denying his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. We affirm.

By alleging his guilty plea was induced by his attorney’s promise that the sentence imposed would be concurrent rather than consecutive when in fact the sentence was consecutive, Lawrence makes a legally sufficient postconviction challenge to the vol-untariness of his plea. Holman v. State, 326 So.2d 50 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976). But after reviewing the portions of the plea and sentencing transcript attached to the order, we find the record…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  2. Costello v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
  3. Young v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  4. Holman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976

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