Gray v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Rule 3.170. Pleas * * * (f) Withdrawal of Plea of Guilty. The court may in its discretion, and shall on good cause, at any time before a sentence, permit a plea of guilty to be withdrawn and, if judgment of conviction has been entered thereon, set aside the judgment and allow a plea of not guilty, or, with the consent of the prosecuting attorney, allow a plea of guilty of a lesser included offense, or of a lesser degree of the offense charged, to be substituted for the plea of guilty. The fact that a defendant may have entered a plea of guilty and later withdrawn the plea may not be used against the defendant in a trial of that cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 892 So. 2d 1169 - Nicol v. State

2. “[r]ule 3.170(f) should be liberally construed in favor of the defendant as the law favors a trial on the merits.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 892 So. 2d 1169 - Nicol v. State