Justin Wahl v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Justin Wahl v. State of Florida

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida

DecidedMarch 27, 2026

Docket6D2024-2553

StatusPublished

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Justin Wahl v. State of Florida, (Fla. Ct. App. 2026).

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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

Case No. 6D2024-2553 Lower Tribunal No. 2024-CF-000897 _____________________________

JUSTIN WAHL,

Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. _____________________________

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Charlotte County. Shannon H. McFee, Judge.

March 27, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See State v. Dortch, 317 So. 3d 1074, 1082-84 (Fla. 2021)

(holding that Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(b)(2)(A)(ii)(c) allows a

defendant who has entered a guilty or nolo contendere plea to raise on direct appeal

the voluntariness of the plea but only “if preserved by a motion to withdraw plea”

and “hold[ing] that there is no fundamental-error exception to the preservation

requirement” of that subsection).

STARGEL, WHITE and MIZE, JJ., concur. Wyndel G. Darville, Sarasota, for Appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Krystle Celine Cacci, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

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