Dilliard v. State
Dilliard v. State
Opinion of the Court
In four separate criminal cases,
Nowhere in the record before this Court is there any information charging Dilliard with failure to appear, nor any order to show cause alleging indirect criminal contempt under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.840. Neither the written plea agreement, the plea colloquy with the trial judge, nor the sentencing scoresheet mention any misdemeanor failures to appear. Notwithstanding the lack of any record to support the misdemeanor judgments and sentences, the State asserts that Dilliard waived his right to appeal by failing to file a motion to withdraw his pleas. The fallacy of the State’s argument is that it presupposes that Dilliard entered pleas to the misdemeanors. However, the State does not explain how Dilliard could withdraw pleas that he never made and to charges that were never asserted. The State should have conceded error.
We affirm the judgments and sentences entered against Dilliard on the felonies, but remand this matter to the trial court with directions to set aside and strike the judgments and sentences for the misdemeanors. If the State wishes to pursue such charges, it is free to do so in the proper forum.
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED.
. Brevard County Circuit Court Case Nos. 05-2012-CF-034616; 05-2012-CF-036048; 05-2013-CF-062912; 05-2014-CF-019252.
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