Legal Opinion

Ortiz Soto v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 26, 2017No. 3D16-1164Published

1Opinion of the CourtSuarez, J.

Arturo Ortiz Soto appeals from the trial court’s denial of his petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800, as well as denial of his petition for habeas relief. We affirm as to both.

Soto accepted the State’s plea offer to resolve four cases which were pending against him, one of which was this case, F08-24995. In accepting a negotiated plea, Soto effectively waived the non-jurisdictional issues he raised in prior postconviction motions and which he raises again here. See Haselden v. State, 386 So.2d 624, 624 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980) (holding the failure…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Novaton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. Tracey v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1961
  3. Haselden v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  4. Zaetler v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

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