Case Name: Christopher MELTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-05-28
Citations: 674 So. 2d 870
Docket Number: No. 95-963
Parties: Christopher MELTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MINER and LAWRENCE, JJ., and SMITH, Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 674
Pages: 870–870

Head Matter:
Christopher MELTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-963.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 28, 1996.
Rehearing Denied June 28, 1996.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Richard Parker, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant pled guilty to burglary after the trial court informed him that the court would not accept a nolo contendere plea. Because appellant's "straight up" nolo plea was proper and authorized, the trial court should not have rejected the plea. See Boykin v. Garrison, 658 So.2d 1090 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 664 So.2d 248 (Fla.1995). We will treat the plea as one of nolo contendere, and we affirm the remaining issue on the authority of Dennis v. State, 673 So.2d 881 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). We remand the case to the trial court for correction of the judgment, which is affirmed as corrected.
MINER and LAWRENCE, JJ., and SMITH, Senior Judge, concur.