Legal Opinion

Allen v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 6, 1999No. 99-0373PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

This is a belated appeal of an order denying the motion of defendant-appellant James Allen for postconviction relief.* In*600sofar as pertinent here, defendant entered a guilty plea in circuit court case number 92-8294. He contends that there was no factual basis for the four kidnapping counts to which he pled guilty. The trial court denied postconviction relief and defendant has appealed.

The trial court was entirely correct. The arrest affidavit sets out the facts of the case. This case closely resembles Rodriguez v. State, 558 So.2d 211 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), which provided the controlling…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Witt v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  2. Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  3. Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hemingway v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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