Case Name: Lazaro GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-15
Citations: 714 So. 2d 1125
Docket Number: No. 98-128
Parties: Lazaro GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON, and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 714
Pages: 1125–1128

Head Matter:
Lazaro GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-128.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 15, 1998.
Lazaro Gonzalez, in proper person.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Erin E. Dardis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON, and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant appeals from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. We affirm.
Defendant is precluded from collaterally attacking his plea bargain because he himself failed to abide by the terms to which he agreed. Defendant agreed to provide substantial assistance to the State by providing information that would lead to a prosecutable offense against another trafficker, and to appear at the sentencing hearing. He did neither. Having reneged on his portion of the bargained-for agreement, he is estopped from seeking to void the plea. See Novaton v. State, 610 So.2d 726 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992), aff'd, 634 So.2d 607 (Fla.1994); State v. Frazier, 697 So.2d 944 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) (holding that rules of contract law apply to plea agreements); Madrigal v. State, 545 So.2d 392, 395 n. 2 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)(bargained-for pleas are similar to private contracts).
An evidentiary hearing would be a waste of judicial resources; in light of defendant's failure to abide by his portion of the bargain, defendant's claim of prejudice is without merit.
Affirmed.
SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON, J., concur.