Case Name: Sonney HEATH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-01-30
Citations: 379 So. 2d 194
Docket Number: No. 77-2670/T4-35
Parties: Sonney HEATH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH, C. J., and UPCHURCH, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 379
Pages: 194–194

Head Matter:
Sonney HEATH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 77-2670/T4-35.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Jan. 30, 1980.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Tatjana Ostapoff, Chief, Appellate Division, Asst. Public Defender, and Denise Banjavic, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John D. Cecilian, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
SHARP, Judge.
This appeal is from a conviction of first degree murder entered on December 9, 1977. The appellant was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years to life, with credit for time served. The conviction was based on a nolo contendere plea with reservation of the right to appeal the trial court's denial of the appellant's Motion to Suppress a Confession. As was done in Brown v. State, 376 So.2d 382 (Fla.1979), this cause is remanded to the Circuit Court for the purpose of affording the appellant the opportunity of withdrawing his plea of nolo contendere, and pleading anew, if he so desires. See Rouch v. State, 378 So.2d 1302 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980); and Berry v. State, 378 So.2d 1303 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980).
REMANDED TO TRIAL COURT.
DAUKSCH, C. J., and UPCHURCH, J., concur.