Amador v. State

Miranda C. Amador appeals the sentence imposed pursuant to a plea agreement and a substantial assistance contract. We affirm the sentence, but write to point out that the contract entered into between Amador and the State is woefully inadequate.

The substantial assistance contract in question was vague and did not delineate the actions to be performed by Amador in order to fulfill the requirements of the agreement in light of the almost twenty-year history of “substantial assistance legislation.” See § 893.35(3), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1980). The transcript of the plea colloquy does nothing to…