Legal Opinion

Giles v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 10, 1978No. 78-1155PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARKDULL, Judge.

By this appeal, the appellant seeks to review an order of the trial court which summarily denied his motion to vacate pursuant to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

The principal thrust of his sworn motion is that upon conferring with the public defender assigned to his case, he was led to believe that he didn’t stand a chance at trial and that, in return for a plea of guilty, he would be given probation; that, upon being so informed, he did in fact withdraw his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty to the charge of obtaining property in return for a worthless check, in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Reddick v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
  2. Payne v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  3. Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
  4. Bumgarner v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
  5. Breamfield v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Meeks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  2. Martinez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

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