Court Opinion

ID: 7682470
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 03:13:18.617213+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:26:32.773211
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GRIFFIN, Judge,
concurring specially.
Appellant’s contention that he is automatically entitled to a reduction to a 40-year term is wrong. If counsel were ineffective, and if the sentence is illegal, the state will have the option to withdraw from the plea agreement and to try the defendant for first degree murder, seeking the penalties attendant to a capital felony. Hayes v. State, 598 So.2d 135 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992); Jolly v. State, 392 So.2d 54 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).