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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Omar BETANCOURT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 3D02-2497.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    March 19, 2003.
    Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
    Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, and Joseph A. Brophy, Certified Legal Intern, for appellee.
    Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and FLETCHER, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Diaz v. State, 534 So.2d 817 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)(“To prevail and set aside a nolo or guilty plea alleging ineffectiveness of original trial counsel, a defendant must show that he, in fact, had a ‘viable’ defense.”).