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Laird v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 17, 1973
280 So. 2d 454 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)

Opinion

No. S-63.

July 17, 1973.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Union County, John A.H. Murphree, J.

R.A. Greene, Jr., Public Defender, and Alan R. Parlapiano, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Andrew W. Lindsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


Affirmed on authority of Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742, 90 S.Ct. 1463, 25 L.Ed.2d 747, wherein the court states:

". . . We decline to hold, however, that a guilty plea is compelled and invalid under the Fifth Amendment whenever motivated by the defendant's desire to accept the certainty or probability of a lesser penalty rather than face a wider range of possibilities extending from acquittal to conviction and a higher penalty authorized by law for the crime charged."

To like effect, see also North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162.

JOHNSON, Acting C.J., SPECTOR, J., and MELVIN, WOODROW M., Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Laird v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 17, 1973
280 So. 2d 454 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)
Case details for

Laird v. State

Case Details

Full title:NELSON F. LAIRD, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jul 17, 1973

Citations

280 So. 2d 454 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)