Legal Opinion

Hector Colon v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 1, 2016No. 4D15-2394PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CORRECTED OPINION

2Per curiam

Appellant challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion for postconviction relief in which he claimed that his plea was involuntary because the Department of Corrections (“DOC”) determined a release date without considering the nearly two years appellant spent in county jail for one of his crimes, thereby increasing his incarceration by that amount. Because this was a direct consequence of his plea, we conclude that the motion was legally sufficient and reverse for an evidentiary hearing.

• Colon was charged with several crimes in four separate'cases, the most serious of…

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. PartlowSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  2. State v. FoxDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  3. Salazar v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
  4. Thompson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011

4Cited by5 opinions

  1. Champagne v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  2. JAY LARSON v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  3. Champagne v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  4. JASON MAURICE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  5. RENALDO CHAMPAGNE v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019

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