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Shell v. State

Citations

  • 501 So. 2d 1334
  • 12 Fla. L. Weekly 218

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “where [a defendant] is misled and induced to plead by his counsel’s mistaken advice, then he may be allowed to withdraw his plea”
  • finding that the test for determining whether a defendant may withdraw his plea by reason of mistaken advice of counsel is whether defendant had established that he was prejudiced by an honest misunderstanding which contaminated the vol-untariness of the plea
  • withdrawal appropriate when defendant was induced to plead upon by counsel’s mistaken advice

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Judges: Per Curiam

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