Case Name: Christopher J. BLANTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-10-05
Citations: 98 So. 3d 722
Docket Number: No. 1D12-0238
Parties: Christopher J. BLANTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BENTON, C.J., THOMAS, and ROWE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 98
Pages: 722–722

Head Matter:
Christopher J. BLANTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D12-0238.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 5, 2012.
David W. Collins, Collins Law Firm, Monticello, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Giselle Denise Lylen, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Cannon v. State, 92 So.3d 292, 294 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (holding Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.172(g) "only applies prior to sentencing" and that Cox v. State, 35 So.3d 47 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), "does not stand for the proposition that a defendant has a unilateral right to withdraw from a plea years after he has been sentenced in accordance with that plea, if the trial court failed to formally accept it"); Campbell v. State, 75 So.3d 757, 759 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011) (holding "rule 3.172(g) only applies prior to sentencing").
BENTON, C.J., THOMAS, and ROWE, JJ., concur.