District Court of Appeal of Florida· 6/18/1985

Zeigler v. State

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471 So. 2d 172
10 Fla. L. Weekly 1521

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holding \that a stipulation voluntarily entered into by all parties that an issue preserved for appeal by a defendant's nolo contendere plea is dispositive will be so considered by this court\
accepting a stipulation of dispositiveness because it demonstrated that “each [party] is willing to abide by the appellate consequences” of the stipulated issue (quoting Finney v. State, 420 So. 2d 639, 642 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
\[A] stipulation voluntarily entered into by all parties that an issue preserved for appeal by a defendant's nolo contendere plea is dispositive will be so considered by this court.\ (citing Finney v. State, 420 So. 2d 639, 642 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982))
“The rule preventing us from engaging in selective disapproval of stipulations made by the state and the accused is necessary to assure that appellate courts are not thrust into the position of reviewing acts of the parties or their attorneys instead of judicial acts of the court below.”

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Judges: Smith

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