William G. Fagan v. State
This text of 149 So. 3d 73 (William G. Fagan v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering District Court of Appeal of Florida primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Affirmed. At appellant’s plea colloquy, he expressly assured the court that every term of the plea was contained in the written plea agreement and was discussed at the plea conference. He also assured the court that no one, including his lawyer, made any promises that were not part of the plea agreement. The court told appellant if anyone made him any such promises, they carried no weight or validity with the court, and appellant confirmed that he understood. The record therefore refutes appellant’s claim .of a breach of the plea agreement. “A plea conference is not a meaningless charade to be manipulated willy-nilly after the fact; it is a formal ceremony, under oath, memorializing a crossroads in the case. What is said and done at a plea conference carries consequences.” Scheele v. State, 953 So.2d 782, 785 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).
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