Levingston v. State

The appellant in this direct criminal appeal challenges her conviction of introducing contraband into a correctional facility following her plea of nolo contendere to that offense. Because the plea, judgment, and sentence were entered before the information charging the offense was prepared or filed, we vacate the conviction and sentence and remand this case to the trial court. Chapman v. Stubbs, 109 Fla. 192, 147 So. 227 (1933) (“Undoubtedly a judgment of conviction, prior to the finding of any indictment against the accused, would be, as contended by the petitioner, absolutely void, because…