Ragin v. State

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

After an evidentiary hearing at which the appellant testified, the trial court denied his motion for 3.850 relief based on alleged misadvice of counsel concerning the sentencing consequences of his nolo plea. Because the ruling was based upon the court’s view of the credibility respectively of the defendant and the attorney, we affirm this determination.1

Before he took the stand, the trial judge warned Ragin that if he testified untruthfully, he might be found guilty of and sentenced for contempt of court. True to that admonition, the record of the conclusion of the…