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CHAVEZ v STATE OF FLORIDA
    Case No. 86-090 AC and 86-006 AC (County Court Case No. 85-75174)
    Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Appellate Division, Dade County
    June 9, 1987
    APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    Marvin Weinstein for appellant.
    Jim Smith, Attorney General, for appellee.
    Before TENDRICH, BARAD, ROBINSON, JJ.
   OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the conviction below which was based upon the guilty plea of the Appellant/Defendant entered by him without counsel.

We find that there was no compliance with Rule 3.170(j) or Rule 3.172, Rules of Criminal Procedure, in that there is no basis in the record to conclude that the defendant entered his plea fully understanding the significance of the plea, that it was voluntary and that there was a factual basis for the plea of guilty.

Accordingly, the Judgment and Sentence below is reversed and the case is remanded with instructions to allow the defendant to withdraw his plea of guilty and proceed to trial.

REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.