5D03-1519 Robert Baron v. State

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D03-1519

Case Date: 02/16/2004

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2004

ROBERT BARON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed February 20, 2004. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Seminole County, C. Vernon Mize, Senior Judge. Michael V. Giordano, Tampa, for Appellant. Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach for Appellee. CASE NO. 5D03-1519

PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See State v. Jordan, 630 So. 2d 1171, 1172 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993) ("A defendant who knowingly accepts the benefit of a plea bargain cannot thereafter disavow that bargain, any more than a party to a contract can accept the benefit of that contract and then refuse to perform his obligations thereunder"); Scott v. State, 465 So. 2d 1359, 1361 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985) ("[A defendant] is not entitled

to negotiate a plea, accept the benefit of it, and then ask the trial court, or this court, to grant him a better deal than the one agreed to by the state").

THOMPSON, PALMER and MONACO, JJ., concur.

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