State v. Phillips

The State appeals an order granting the defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea on the basis that it was involuntary since he was not advised at the colloquy by the trial judge that the plea carried 'with it a mandatory minimum sentence and no entitlement to gain time. Because the trial court specifically found that defendant was advised of the aforementioned consequences of the plea by his attorney, we reverse.

On June 2, 2004, the defendant entered a plea of no contest to a reduced charge of burglary of a dwelling. The defendant was sentenced as a prison releasee reof-fender (“PRR”) to a…