Court Opinion

ID: 9733839
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:18:34.233115+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:28:35.541327
License: Public Domain

LOUIS J. CECI, J.
(concurring). I must agree with the opinion insofar as it requires this matter to be remanded to the trial court for the purpose of permitting the defendant to withdraw his plea of no contest.
My reading of the transcript of these proceedings leads me to believe that this manipulative defendant knew exactly what he was doing during the plea bargain hearing. This defendant knew and understood the nature of the charges against him. I heartily endorse this court's recommendation that in the event of any vacillation on the part of a defendant, the trial court should break off the plea proceedings and set the matter down for immediate trial.