Bell v. State

Ellis D. BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 24, 2005.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2005-03-24

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently July 2007

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“a claim ... that a defendant should have been sentenced by the judge who accepted the plea must be preserved to be cognizable on appeal”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Acee v. State

Relies on 677 So. 2d 1366 - Davis v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 2005-03-24

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¶1James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

¶2Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lamya A. Henry, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4We affirm because a claim under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.700(c)(1) that a defendant should have been sentenced by the judge who accepted the plea must be preserved to be cognizable on appeal. See Davis v. State,677 So.2d 1366 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).

¶5AFFIRMED.

¶6THOMPSON, PLEUS and MONACO, JJ., concur.