Allen v. State

Petitioner, Kenneth D. Allen, seeks cer-tiorari review of a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of Santa Rosa County, acting in its appellate capacity. The order determined that the county court’s summary denial of petitioner’s motion to withdraw his nolo contendere plea to charges of improper exhibition of a firearm and discharge of a firearm in public was improper, because petitioner raised the possibility of a defense to the improper exhibition charge. The appellate court found the record failed to demonstrate that the trial court made further inquiry regarding the factual basis for the…