Case Name: Brian Carl RICHARDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-12-16
Citations: 208 So. 3d 278
Docket Number: Case No. 5D16-412
Parties: Brian Carl RICHARDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: LAWSON, C.J., EVANDER and COHEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 208
Pages: 278–278

Head Matter:
Brian Carl RICHARDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Case No. 5D16-412
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Opinion filed December 16, 2016
Rehearing Denied January 18, 2017
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Sean Kevin Gravel, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Andrea K. Totten, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Orange v. State, 983 So.2d 4, 5-6 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (noting that when defendant who agrees to appear at sentencing as part of plea is prevented from appearing in court by an arrest, fact of arrest standing alone cannot justify finding that defendant willfully failed to appear; however, when it is established that defendant committed new criminal offense after entering plea, and defendant's incarceration on the new charge causes failure to appear, defendant's failure to appear can be considered a willful and material breach of an agreement to appear because it was caused by his willful act of committing the crime).
LAWSON, C.J., EVANDER and COHEN, JJ., concur.