Vargas v. State

I respectfully dissent from the per cu-riam affirmance and write to explain my reasons.

*48 BACKGROUND

In 2008, defendant Jabier Vargas entered a guilty plea (Case No. 08-12484) to burglary of a vehicle and was sentenced to 364 days in the Dade County jail, followed by one year probation. He was later charged with several felonies in three new cases (08-27161, 08-35378, 09-37366), and with a violation of probation in his initial case (08-12484).

On March 18, 2010, Vargas entered a negotiated plea of guilty (and an admission to the violation of probation) and the trial court imposed sentences of ten…