Young v. State

Appellant-defendant was informed against and charged with forgery of an endorsement in the Criminal Court of Record of Hillsborough County. He was represented by the public defender and entered a plea of guilty at arraignment. On May 16, 1968, defendant filed a motion to vacate sentence under CrPR 1.850, 33 F.S.A., which was denied by the trial judge. This appeal followed.

*498Defendant charges that he was coerced into pleading guilty and did not know the consequences of his plea. This is clearly refuted by the record. The judge at arraignment went into great detail to explain to the defendant the…