Harrell v. State

Dwayne Lamont Harrell entered a negotiated plea reserving his right to appeal the denial of his dispositive motion to suppress. After a lengthy plea acceptance colloquy, the court passed the case for sentencing, but the transcript does not indicate whether the court formally accepted the plea. Thereafter, the appellant filed a *1060motion to withdraw his plea. At trial, he did not argue, as he does on appeal, that he was entitled to withdraw his plea pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal. Procedure 3.172(f) because the court had not formally-accepted it. The court denied the motion, rejecting the…