Townsend v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a signed plea form, without a colloquy to establish that defendant read and understood the contents of the form, was insufficient to conclusively refute defendant’s claim that he was not advised regarding the sentence to be imposed
• “Under rule 3.170(l), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, the trial court is not required to hold an evidentiary hearing on a motion to withdraw plea.”
• “[W]hen the record fails to conclusively refute the defendant’s allegation of entitlement to relief [in his motion to withdraw plea], due process requires an evidentiary hearing.”
• “ ‘[A] judge using a preprinted rights form as a part of a plea colloquy must orally verify that the defendant has intelligently consumed the written information contained within it.’ ” (citation omitted) (quoting Thornton v. State, 747 So.2d 439, 441 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Campbell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-06-06· cited 13×
• White v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-07-24· cited 7×
• Rohan McDonald v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-09-09· cited 1×
• State v. Phillips
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-06-01
• JULIO S. CENDEJAS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-07-13
• Beene v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-11-09
• Mejia v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-05-01

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Snodgrass v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-01-22· cited 30×
• Hen Lin Lu v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-11-27· cited 17×
• Thornton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-12-15· cited 11×
• Hill v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-02-02· cited 6×
• Cherry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-02-14· cited 4×