5D05-3652 William Thornton v. State

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D05-3652

Case Date: 07/30/2007

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JULY TERM 2007

WILLIAM THORNTON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed August 3, 2007 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Richard A. Howard, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. Case No. 5D05-3652

PLEUS, J. We conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion in the denial of the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea. The trial court's conclusion that the defendant was not affirmatively misled by Mr. Evilsizer, the assigned public defender, is supported by competent evidence.

Our affirmance is without prejudice to the defendant pursuing an ineffective assistance of counsel claim by way of a post-conviction proceeding. AFFIRMED.

LAWSON and EVANDER, JJ., concur.

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