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Vinson v. State

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  • 345 So. 2d 711

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  • discharge of defendant following plea of nolo contendere was outside authority and jurisdiction of court, and is nullity
  • reviewing State v. Vinson, 320 So.2d 50 (Fla.2d DCA 1975)
  • trial court was without authority to consider guilt or innocence and no jeopardy attached where, upon review of the factual basis for a nolo contendere plea, the court became convinced that the underlying facts did not establish defendant's guilt and entered judgment of not guilty
  • \The plea of nolo contendere admits the facts for the purpose of the pending prosecution and to that extent has the same effect as a plea of guilty . . . .\ (quoting Wharton's Criminal Procedure, Vol. 4, p. 772, s. 1903)

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Judges: Roberts

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