Supreme Court of Florida· 6/23/1975

Williams v. State

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316 So. 2d 267

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stating that a defendant has the burden of proving manifest injustice and that “[i]n other words, clear prejudice must be shown”
indicating that a defendant seeking to set aside a plea and sentence has the burden of proving that a “manifest injustice” has occurred
failure of trial court to establish factual basis for plea in record does not result in plea being set aside unless defendant can prove a manifest injustice
“The purpose of determining whether a factual basis for a plea exists is to prevent a defendant from mistakenly entering a plea to the wrong offense.”

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