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P.R.T. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Feb 8, 2006
920 So. 2d 708 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

Opinion

No. 4D04-1316.

February 8, 2006.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Moses Baker, Jr., Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 2003CJ006717-JM, and 2003CJ5630-JM.

Philip J. Massa of Philip J. Massa, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


On appeal, P.R.T., challenges the voluntariness of his plea. P.R.T. pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana, accepting as the consequence of his plea a probation sentence. Thereafter, the trial court entered an adjudication of delinquency and order of disposition sentencing P.R.T. to a level six commitment. The sentence was in opposition to both the recommendation of the Department of Juvenile Justice and the state, as well as in excess of the sentence negotiated in the plea agreement.

P.R.T. filed a motion to withdraw his plea, but later abandoned it. A defendant who pleaded guilty may directly appeal a violation of a plea agreement only if "preserved by a motion to withdraw plea." Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(b)(2)(A)(ii)b. By abandoning the motion to withdraw plea in the trial court, P.R.T. has failed to preserve his claim for review. See State v. T.G., 800 So.2d 204, 210 (Fla. 2001) ("[J]uveniles pleading guilty . . . may directly appeal an involuntary plea only if it is preserved by a motion to withdraw plea in the trial court.").

This appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

STONE and MAY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

P.R.T. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Feb 8, 2006
920 So. 2d 708 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)
Case details for

P.R.T. v. State

Case Details

Full title:P.R.T., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Feb 8, 2006

Citations

920 So. 2d 708 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

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