Edwards v. State

OWEN, Judge.

Appellant was charged with lewd and lascivious assault upon a minor under the age of 14 years. He entered a plea of guilty and on such plea was adjudged guilty and sentenced to 25 years under the Child Molester Act, Chapter 801, F.S.1967, F.S.A. On this appeal he questions the voluntariness of the plea of guilty and for the first time questions the constitutionality of the Child Molester Act.

The record discloses that the trial judge, with admirable restraint and patience, fully interrogated the defendant to make certain that his plea of guilty was made voluntarily and with a clear…