Case Name: Robert BARON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-02-20
Citations: 865 So. 2d 689
Docket Number: No. 5D03-1519
Parties: Robert BARON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: THOMPSON, PALMER and MONACO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 865
Pages: 689–689

Head Matter:
Robert BARON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D03-1519.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 20, 2004.
Michael V. Giordano, Tampa, for Appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See State v. Jordan, 630 So.2d 1171, 1172 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993) ("A defendant who knowingly accepts the benefit of a plea bargain cannot thereafter disavow that bargain, any more than a party to a contract can accept the benefit of that contract and then refuse to perform his obligations thereunder"); Scott v. State, 465 So.2d 1359, 1361 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985) ("[A defendant] is not entitled to negotiate a plea, accept the benefit of it, and then ask the trial court, or this court, to grant him a better deal than the one agreed to by the state").
THOMPSON, PALMER and MONACO, JJ., concur.