Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1989

Perez v. State

Perez v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided June 20, 1989 · Cope, Ferguson, Hubbart
545 So. 2d 444; 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1491; 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 3466; 1989 WL 65857 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Perez v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Daniel Perez, after pleading guilty, appeals from a sentence of seven years entered on a conviction for dealing in stolen property. He claims that he should be allowed to withdraw the guilty plea which was entered in exchange for a promise by his attorney that he would be sentenced to the guideline’s two and one-half years of imprisonment.

On the sparse record in this case no reversible error is demonstrated. There is no testimony regarding the plea discussions nor a sentence scoresheet showing prior convictions or any other basis for the sentence. Relief must be sought by motions for post-trial relief pursuant to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.800 and 3.850. See Capers v. State, 433 So.2d 1323 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983) (a defendant must raise by post-trial motions the question of whether absence from the courtroom during a critical phase of the trial was voluntary where the issue was not presented to the trial court), rev. denied, 444 So.2d 416 (Fla. 1984).

Affirmed without prejudice to seek post-trial relief.

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