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685 So. 2d 1385

Docket Nos. 95-3346, 95-4013.

Sanders v. State

Gwench L. SANDERS a/k/a Gwench L. Stevens, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 8, 1997.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1997-01-08

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently May 2002

4 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“[c]ompliance with rule 3.172(c)(8) is mandatory, thus the rule contemplates a trial court will not inquire regarding citizenship.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 775 So. 2d 321 - Elharda v. State

“limited inquiry regarding [the defendant's] citizenship”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 775 So. 2d 321 - Elharda v. State

Relies on 684 So. 2d 258 - Perriello v. State · 605 So. 2d 985 - Marriott v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1997-01-08

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¶1Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Michael J. Doddo, Fort Lauderdale, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Michelle A. Konig, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4Gwench Sanders appeals the denial of his rule 3.850 motion, alleging error in the trial court's failure to abide by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.172(c)(8), which requires a trial court accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to inform the defendant that if he or she is not a United States citizen, the plea may subject him or her to deportation. We reverse and remand with directions to allow Sanders to withdraw his March 1993 plea of nolo contendere to the violation of community control charge and the new 1992 charges. Perriello v. State,684 So.2d 258 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Marriott v. State,605 So.2d 985(Fla. 4th DCA 1992).

¶5We reject the state's argument Sanders is precluded from alleging error because he responded falsely to the court's limited inquiry regarding his citizenship. Compliance with rule 3.172(c)(8) is mandatory, thus the rule contemplates a trial court will not inquire regarding citizenship. See Marriott,605 So.2d at 987.

¶6REVERSED and REMANDED.

¶7POLEN, FARMER and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.

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